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OSHA Injury Report: Precious Metals Smelter

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Precious Metals Smelter in Columbus, MT 59019 resulted in days away from work. Employee was mechanic in platinum refining, primary.

Establishment
Precious Metals Smelter
Parent company
Stillwater Mining Company
Street
1831 East 1st Ave. South
City
Columbus
State
MT
ZIP
59019
On-site location
Outside Recycle
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
102

Adjusting an extend-a-boom forklift attachment.

End of the boom fell from housing of attachment and contacted his foot.

Impact injury no breaks

Attachment extension

Impact injury to foot from forklift jib

Job description
Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
331410 — Platinum refining, primary
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
107
Total hours worked
205267
EIN
810480654
Establishment ID
613832
Employer case #
23-1
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
6:35:00.000
Submitted
27FEB24:18:42:00

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.