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OSHA Injury Report: Joseph T Ryerson & Son Windfern

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Joseph T Ryerson & Son Windfern in Houston, TX 77041 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was welding operator in fabricated plate work manufacturing.

Establishment
Joseph T Ryerson & Son Windfern
Parent company
Joseph T Ryerson & Son
Street
5480 Windfern Rd,
City
Houston
State
TX
ZIP
77041
On-site location
WELD PREP AREA
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
25

hammering a wedge

Employee was fitting up a 2 piece construction cylinder when he was hammering (right arm) a wedge to align up two cylinders on the girth seam when he felt a tingling sensation on his left forearm. When he pulled his left arm sleeve up he was observed a puncture wound and bleeding.

Puncture; Body Part(s):: Arm - Lower(Left)

Fragment from metal wedge

Puncture; Body Part(s):: Arm - Lower(Left)

Job description
Welding operator
SOC code
51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
NAICS code
332313 — Fabricated plate work manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
93
Total hours worked
194151
EIN
361717960
Establishment ID
1102742
Employer case #
US2047TSP2
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:15:00.000
Submitted
21FEB24:17:38:00

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.