Shelbyville, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Cooper Steel
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Cooper Steel in 503 North Hillcrest Drive, Shelbyville, TN 37160 resulted in other recordable case. 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
- Field Operations - Cooper Steel Job Construction Site
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Material was being shifted towards HT. He placed his hand in the line of fire. His glove was not on at the time.
What happened
It was just minutes before time for work to stop and clean up to begin on [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] was asked to assist in moving a steel tube into place. The steel was laying horizontally a few inches from final fit up. [REDACTED] placed his hand directly between the steel column and the steel tube being moved. When the other worker pushed it forward it was caught between the two and mashed open. As it was minutes before work was to stop [REDACTED] had removed his gloves. He did not put them back on before assisting in the evolution.
Injury or illness
Nature of Injury: Laceration Cut |Type: |Body Part: Finger(s)
Object or substance involved
Other
Summary line
Worker got hand caught between steel column and steel tube. Laceration needing stitches.
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-2304-00
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 15:35
- 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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