Prairieville, LA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Pearce Foundry
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Pearce Foundry in 16161 Airline Hwy, Prairieville, LA 70769 resulted in days away from work. Employee was melting Lead in castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Pearce Foundry
- Parent company
- Pearce Foundry
- Street
- 16161 Airline Hwy
- City
- Prairieville
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70769
- On-site location
- Core room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 36
Before the incident
Employee was attempting to put paint from pan under paint table back into drum
What happened
Employee was holding a box cutter in his right hand and reached down to cut the wire tie that was attached to the pan of the paint table when he slipped and cut his left wrist as it was in line of fire
Injury or illness
Line of fire
Object or substance involved
box cutting knife
Summary line
Employee cut his wrist using a box cutter severing the main artery in hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Melting Lead
- SOC code
- 51-4051: Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 331511: Castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 42
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 74,416
- EIN
- 720579521
- Establishment ID
- 823557
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 04:00
- Time of incident
- 04:15
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-19
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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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