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OSHA Injury Report: Southwest Steel Processing

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Southwest Steel Processing in Newport, AR 72112 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance in cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished.

Establishment
Southwest Steel Processing
Parent company
Park Ohio Industries
Street
4900 Lighthouse Dr
City
Newport
State
AR
ZIP
72112
On-site location
Warehouse by welding area
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
4

going to plug in a welder and plug blew up in hand

on [REDACTED] employee was going to plug up a welder and the plug blew up in his hand

burn on right hand and arm

faulty plug

burns on hand and fingers from plug blowing up on welder

Job description
Maintenance
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
332111 — Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
102
Total hours worked
210132
Establishment ID
176246
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:17:21:00

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.