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OSHA Injury Report: Ames Copper

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Ames Copper in Shelby, NC 28152 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was receiving Associate in primary smelting of copper.

Establishment
Ames Copper
Parent company
Ames Copper Group
Street
125 Old Boiling Springs Road
City
Shelby
State
NC
ZIP
28152
On-site location
Loading Dock
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was unloading a truck

There was a box on top of a pallet that got stuck and the employee went to pick it up and hurt his back.

Strain

Box of copper

Strain to back employee improperly lifted a box of copper

Job description
Receiving Associate
SOC code
43-5071 — Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
NAICS code
331410 — Primary smelting of copper
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
50
Total hours worked
57908
EIN
850949826
Establishment ID
1075968
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
11:00:00.000
Time of incident
17:00:00.000
Submitted
22JAN24:17:03:00

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.