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OSHA Injury Report: Imperial Zinc Corporation

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Imperial Zinc Corporation in Chicago, IL 606E6 resulted in days away from work. Employee was kettlemen in ingot, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary smelting and refining.

Establishment
Imperial Zinc Corporation
Parent company
Imperial Zinc Corporation
Street
1031 E. 103rd Street
City
Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
606E6
On-site location
Pouring Molds
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5

Pouring liquid metal out of the banjo. Employee didn 't see swinging banjo as he was allowing more time to pick ingots. Employee stopped the banjo and hot liquid metal poured on his boot.

[REDACTED]

Burn to Foot

Liquid Metal

Injury Burn to Foot

Job description
Kettlemen
SOC code
51-4051 — Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
331492 — Ingot, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary smelting and refining
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
62
Total hours worked
122246
EIN
363994920
Establishment ID
984706
Employer case #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:00:00.000
Submitted
24JAN24:20:00:00

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.