Texarkana, AR ·
OSHA Injury Report: Tri-State Iron and Metal Co.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Tri-State Iron and Metal Co. in 1725 E 9th St, Texarkana, AR 71854 resulted in days away from work. Employee was torchman in metal Recycling.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Tri-State Iron and Metal Co.
- Parent company
- Tri-State Iron and Metal Co.
- Street
- 1725 E 9th St
- City
- Texarkana
- State
- AR
- ZIP
- 71854
- On-site location
- Cutgrade yard
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
IW was torch cutting. Another employee was cutting on another unprepared piece of steel the steel had a tire mounted on it about 20 yards from the IW.
What happened
As the other employee was cutting the unprepared steel it exploded and struck the IW 's left leg and hip. It knocked the IW to the ground.
Injury or illness
sustained a displaced fracture of the lateral condyle of the left tibia and left knee pain with a small abrasion on the lateral thigh.
Object or substance involved
The unprepared steel hitting him and the ground.
Summary line
Left knee left leg left thigh struck
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Torchman
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 423930: Metal Recycling
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 4
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,543
- EIN
- 710288491
- Establishment ID
- 1425804
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:40
- Time of incident
- 09:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-19
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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