OSHA Injury Report: American Cast Iron Pipe Co

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Grinding pipe

What happened

EMPLOYEE STATES: ON [REDACTED] I RAEVEN CLAY WALKED INTO 20 PROCESSING BUILDING TO CLOCK IN. BEFORE I REACHED THE TIME CLOCK LEADMAN TOLD ME HE WOULD NEED ME TO FILL IN ON HIS CREW AS A GRINDER I TOLD HIM I DIDN 'T MIND GRINDING FOR HIM BUT THAT I WOULD NEED TO GRIND ON THE [REDACTED] END OF THE PIPE BECAUSE GRINDING ON THE WEST END HURT MY BACK AND SHOULDER. I TOLD HIM I WOULD NEED TO TRADE SIDES WITH THE CURRENT [REDACTED] GRINDER IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM WORK DUTIES. HE DID NOT SWITCH THE [REDACTED] GRINDER WITH ME AND INSTEAD TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD HAVE THE ELECTRICIANS MODIFY THE SENSOR TO MAKE THE PIPE KICKOUT FURTHER WEST ON THE CONVEYOR SO THAT I WOULDN 'T HAVE TO EXTEND SO FAR TO GRIND. AT OR AROUND [REDACTED] I BEGAN GRINDING PIPE. THE PIPE WAS STILL KICKING OUT TOO FAR FOR ME TO GRIND COMFORTABLY DESPITE THE ELETRICIANS STILL MAKING ADJUSTMENTS. AFTER [REDACTED] PIPE ROLLED OUT THE ELECTRICIANS LEFT. I CONTINUED TO GRIND PIPE AS WAS MY JOB FOR THE DAY DESPITE TELLING MY

Injury or illness

Strain or Tear

Object or substance involved

Body postion and strain

Summary line

Pain Shoulders bilateral worker experienced shoulder pain while using a hand grinder

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.