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OSHA Injury Report: Glidewell Specialties Foundry

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Glidewell Specialties Foundry in Calera, AL 35040 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was shotblast Operator in foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel).

Establishment
Glidewell Specialties Foundry
Parent company
Glidewell Specialties Foundry
Street
600 Foundry Road
City
Calera
State
AL
ZIP
35040
On-site location
Shot Blast
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
3

Employee was unhooking castings from shotblast hoist.

The chain hook got caught on casting and employee pulled on chain which caused the casting to rock on top of the right foot.

Swelling and Contusion to right foot

Casting

Contusion to right foot from casting

Job description
Shotblast Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
331511 — Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel)
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
125
Total hours worked
288144
Establishment ID
306332
Employer case #
2025-0002
Date of incident
Shift started
4:00
Time of incident
5:25
Filing year
2025
Submitted
23FEB26:12:17:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.