Calera, AL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Glidewell Specialties Foundry
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Glidewell Specialties Foundry in 600 Foundry Road, 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
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 125
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 288,144
- Establishment ID
- 306332
- Employer case #
- 2025-0008
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 04:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-23
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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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