Valdosta, GA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Union Tank Car Co. - Valdosta Plant
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Union Tank Car Co. - Valdosta Plant in 400 South Blanchard, Valdosta, GA 31601 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was interior blaster in freight car cleaning services.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was shoveling shot out of rail car by himself.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Sprain Strain
Object or substance involved
Blast media steel shot
Summary line
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)
Employee and industry
- Job description
- INTERIOR BLASTER
- SOC code
- 53-7061: Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
- NAICS code
- 488210: Freight car cleaning services
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 120
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 287,945
- EIN
- 363104688
- Establishment ID
- 1049258
- Employer case #
- IE-2302-00
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:30
- Time of incident
- 00:20
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-12
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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