Calera, AL —
OSHA Injury Report: Glidewell Specialties Foundry
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Glidewell Specialties Foundry in Calera, AL 35040 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was shakeout Laborer in foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Glidewell Specialties Foundry
- Parent company
- Glidewell Specialties Foundry
- Street
- 600 Foundry Road
- City
- Calera
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35040
- On-site location
- Shakeout
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was operating overhead crane.
What happened
As the crane was traveling north a leg on the chain sling got caught on a flask and the employee reacted and grabbed the chain with his left hand. The hand was caught between the chain and flask.
Injury or illness
Contusion to left hand
Object or substance involved
Chain and flask
Summary line
Contusion to left hand from chain sling and flask
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Shakeout Laborer
- SOC code
- 53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- 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 #
- 2025-0004
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 3:00
- Time of incident
- 5:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23FEB26:12:36:00
Source
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.