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OSHA Injury Report: BWJ Metalworks, LLC

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at BWJ Metalworks, LLC in Abilene, TX 79601 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was welder in fabricated structural metal manufacturing.

Establishment
BWJ Metalworks, LLC
Parent company
BWJ Metalworks, LLC
Street
3125 E. Hwy 80
City
Abilene
State
TX
ZIP
79601
On-site location
Main Fab Shop
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Reaching into a box of bathroom tissue and grabbed two rolls to put in the restroom.

Employee placed fingers into tubes of two rolls and immediately felt burning and stinging sensation on left-middle finger. A searched for the cause revealed a scorpion nest under the paper wrapper of the role.

Scorpion Sting on left-middle finger.

Scorpion Sting.

[REDACTED] Sting to Left middle finger

Job description
Welder
SOC code
51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
NAICS code
332312 — Fabricated structural metal manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
56
Total hours worked
185804
EIN
352516470
Establishment ID
431778
Employer case #
10
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:35:00.000
Submitted
14FEB24:15:54:00

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.