Carrollton, GA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Carrollton Copper Rod Mill
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Carrollton Copper Rod Mill in 372 Central High Road, Carrollton, GA 30117 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was operator Rod Casting in wire & Cable.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Carrollton Copper Rod Mill
- Parent company
- Southwire
- Street
- 372 Central High Road
- City
- Carrollton
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 30117
- On-site location
- Casting
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Removing copper build up from torch [REDACTED] tip.
What happened
Due to spout restrictions and resulting copper splattering Team Member was cleaning off the spout and copper build up on torch rosebud tip. Tools used to clean rosebud included wire brush and tools to pry and pick off copper build up. TM felt something in her right eye soon after completing task and used eyewash to rinse eye but irritation continued. TM was taking to local hospital where she was diagnosed with a scratched right eye cornea and no remaining debris that caused injury. TM was issued a prescription antibiotic eye drops - OSHA recoverable medical treatment.
Injury or illness
Nature of Injury Illness:: Eye Injury; Body Part(s):: Head - Eye(Right)
Object or substance involved
Debris in eye.
Summary line
Nature of Injury Illness:: Eye Injury; Cause of Injury Illness::Foreign body in eye; Body Part(s):: Head - Eye (Right); Object Substance:: Debris in eye.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator Rod Casting
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 331420: Wire & Cable
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 131
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 302,485
- Establishment ID
- 995775
- Employer case #
- US-COPPER-
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:45
- Time of incident
- 05:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-01
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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