Shelbyville, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Cooper Steel
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Cooper Steel in Shelbyville, TN 37160 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was machine Operator in buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Cooper Steel
- Parent company
- Cooper's Steel Fabricators, Inc.
- Street
- 503 North Hillcrest Drive
- City
- Shelbyville
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37160
- On-site location
- Shelbyville Fabrication - Cooper Steel Machining
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Dumping drop in scrap bin.
What happened
While getting rid of a drop piece of metal 2ft. metal tubing in the self dumping hopper. The employee turned and threw the piece. When the piece hit another smaller piece causing it pop up and strike the employee in the head.
Injury or illness
Nature of Injury: Laceration Cut |Type: |Body Part: Head
Object or substance involved
Steel Beams Tubes
Summary line
[REDACTED] was throwing a 2ft. tube in the self dumping hopper. It struck another piece of steel causing it to catapult and hit the [REDACTED] on top of the head.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 332311 — Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 442
- Total hours worked
- 681618
- Establishment ID
- 82130
- Employer case #
- IE-2305-00
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 19:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 13FEB24:20:34:00
Source
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.