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 pattern Repair 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
- Pattern Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was inserting a screw into a wooden pattern.
What happened
A screw caught as the employee was inserting it into a wooden pattern with a drill. The employee had one hand on the drill and the drill twisted around. The battery on the drill struck the employee in the chin resulting in a laceration.
Injury or illness
Laceration to the chin
Object or substance involved
Battery powered drill
Summary line
Laceration to chin from drill
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Pattern Repair
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- 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 #
- 2025-0008
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 4:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23FEB26:12:58:00
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.