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OSHA Injury Report: Glidewell Specialties Foundry

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Glidewell Specialties Foundry in Calera, AL 35040 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was furnace Helper 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
Pouring area
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was waiting to hot top a mold.

Molten material splashed onto employee 's right pants leg and burned a hole through the pants. The molten material went inside the of the right boot.

Burn to right foot

Molten material

Burn to Right Foot from molten material

Job description
Furnace Helper
SOC code
51-4051 — Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
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 #
2025-0007
Date of incident
Shift started
4:00
Time of incident
12:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
23FEB26:12:54:00

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.