Shelbyville, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Cooper Steel
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Cooper Steel in 503 North Hillcrest Drive, Shelbyville, TN 37160 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was welder 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 Fabrication
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
Welding
What happened
Employee was standing on left side of truss as another employee was using Porta [REDACTED] from the right side. As the employee released pressure it caused the tacked piece of angle on the left side to break loose striking [REDACTED] on foot. Angle weight was roughly 35 lbs. piece of angle caught employee right behind steel toe in boot.
Injury or illness
Nature of Injury: Laceration Cut |Type: |Body Part: Feet Ankle(s)
Object or substance involved
Steel Beams Tubes
Summary line
Tack failed when pressure was released causing the angle to strike IE foot
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder
- SOC code
- 51-4121: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 332311: Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 442
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 681,618
- Establishment ID
- 82130
- Employer case #
- IE-2305-00
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 06:10
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-13
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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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