Birmingham, AL ·
OSHA Injury Report: American Cast Iron Pipe Company
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at American Cast Iron Pipe Company in 1501 31st Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35202 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance mechanic A in iron Foundries.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- American Cast Iron Pipe Company
- Parent company
- American Cast Iron Pipe Company
- Street
- 1501 31st Avenue North
- City
- Birmingham
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35202
- On-site location
- 010552 DIP Maintenance
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 6
Before the incident
Maintenance work
What happened
[REDACTED] STATES: I WAS PUTTING CHAINS ON THE CRANE HOOK TO ADJUST THE NORTH EVACK ARM ON 7 CASTING MACHINE. THE CHAINS WERE HANGING DOWN AND WHEN I BUMPED UP THE ON THE CRANE IT CAME UP FASTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD. THE HOOK ON THE CHAIN CAUGHT ON A PLATFORM CAUSING IT TO SNATCH OFF AND HIT ME IN THE HEAD.
Injury or illness
Laceration
Object or substance involved
Crane hook
Summary line
Laceration contusion head worker was struck by chain sling hook as the hook was raised and caught on a platform
Employee and industry
- Job description
- MAINTENANCE MECHANIC A
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 331511: Iron Foundries
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,702
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 3,727,782
- Establishment ID
- 1502682
- Employer case #
- WC2025132
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 19:55
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-24
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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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