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OSHA Injury Report: Pearce Foundry

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Pearce Foundry in Prairieville, LA 70769 resulted in days away from work. Employee was melting Lead in castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel), manufacturing.

Establishment
Pearce Foundry
Parent company
Pearce Foundry
Street
16161 Airline Hwy
City
Prairieville
State
LA
ZIP
70769
On-site location
Core room
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
36

Employee was attempting to put paint from pan under paint table back into drum

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

Line of fire

box cutting knife

Employee cut his wrist using a box cutter severing the main artery in hand.

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
Avg employees
42
Total hours worked
74416
EIN
720579521
Establishment ID
823557
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
4:00:00.000
Time of incident
4:15:00.000
Submitted
19JAN24:16:20:00

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.