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OSHA Injury Report: The Federal Metal Co. PA

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at The Federal Metal Co. PA in Columbia, PA 17512 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was melter in alloying purchased copper metals.

Establishment
The Federal Metal Co. PA
Parent company
The Federal Metal Co.
Street
500 N. 2nd Street
City
Columbia
State
PA
ZIP
17512
On-site location
Loading Melter
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
39

Began hand loading material into furnace.

As employee was pulling bricks and barebrite into furnace edge of brick caught his glove and slammed hand into side of furnace.

Displaced bone in pinky finger

Bale of scrap

Displaced bone in pinky finger

Job description
Melter
SOC code
51-4051 — Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
331420 — Alloying purchased copper metals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
40
Total hours worked
158600
EIN
340215960
Establishment ID
1169411
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
22:30:00.000
Time of incident
23:30:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:18:20:00

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.