Calera, AL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Glidewell Specialties Foundry
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Glidewell Specialties Foundry in 600 Foundry Road, PO Box 1089, Calera, AL 35040 resulted in days away from work. Employee was grinder in foundry casting molds manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Glidewell Specialties Foundry
- Parent company
- Glidewell Specialties Foundry
- Street
- 600 Foundry Road, PO Box 1089
- City
- Calera
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35040
- On-site location
- Cleaning room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 42
Before the incident
Cutting a casting with a grinder cut off wheel
What happened
the employee put the wheel in a bind causing it kick back contacting his lower arm
Injury or illness
Laceration to his lower arm
Object or substance involved
Cutting disk
Summary line
Laceration to lower arm
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Grinder
- SOC code
- 51-4072: Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- NAICS code
- 333511: Foundry casting molds manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 135
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 259,378
- Establishment ID
- 306332
- Employer case #
- 2023003
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 04:00
- Time of incident
- 13:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-11
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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