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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 casting Operator 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
Casting area
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Assisting in guiding a fallen anode out of the Bosh Tank

EE was putting a chain around the anode to take outside the tank when the anode was being lifted it swung and pinched the EE 's hand between an anode and caused a laceration.

Hand laceration

2 anodes

laceration to hand

Job description
Casting Operator
SOC code
51-4072 — Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
331410 — Primary smelting of copper
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
50
Total hours worked
57908
EIN
850949826
Establishment ID
1075968
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
17:00:00.000
Submitted
22JAN24:17:09:00

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.