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OSHA Injury Report: Union Tank Car Co. - Valdosta Plant

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Union Tank Car Co. - Valdosta Plant in Valdosta, GA 31601 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was iNTERIOR BLASTER in freight car cleaning services.

Establishment
Union Tank Car Co. - Valdosta Plant
Parent company
Union Tank Car Co.
Street
400 South Blanchard
City
Valdosta
State
GA
ZIP
31601
On-site location
Valdosta Interior Blast
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was shoveling shot out of rail car by himself.

The employee was working to complete the car and instead of pushing the shovel to move shot he was throwing shovel 's full using upper body strength only when he felt a pop in his right shoulder.

Sprain Strain

Blast media steel shot

Summary: [REDACTED] felt a pop in his right shoulder while shoveling out a car. |Nature of Injury: Strain Sprain |Type: Poor Ergonomics Body Position|Body Part: Shoulder(s) |Equipment: Other (Shovel)

Job description
INTERIOR BLASTER
SOC code
53-7061 — Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
NAICS code
488210 — Freight car cleaning services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
120
Total hours worked
287945
EIN
363104688
Establishment ID
1049258
Employer case #
IE-2302-00
Date of incident
Shift started
19:30:00.000
Time of incident
0:20:00.000
Submitted
12FEB24:18:06:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.