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OSHA Injury Report: METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, LLC.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, LLC. in PHOENIX, AZ 85009 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator Lead in shot peening metal and metal products for the trade.

Establishment
METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, LLC.
Parent company
METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY LLC.
Street
103 SOUTH 41ST AVENUE
City
PHOENIX
State
AZ
ZIP
85009
On-site location
Machine # 1007
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
11

Employee had removed a nozzle assembly from the 1007 machine and was int process of a set-up for a new job.

From the employee: The first thing I did was get the clamp table for set up then I started to install the nozzles which were staged on the floor next to the machine. I needed to reach down to pick up the nozzles and reach to inside the machine to install the nozzles on the arm inside the machine. After installing the second nozzle that 's when I felt pain in my lower back. I was not able to finish the set up due to pain. It was [REDACTED] and the shop closes at [REDACTED] (I do the shop 's closing procedure) so I went to the washroom to clean up and begin the shop shut down procedure for the night.

Muscle strain of lower back.

N A

Lower back muscle strain

Job description
Machine Operator Lead
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
332811 — Shot peening metal and metal products for the trade
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
26
Total hours worked
48780
EIN
221861245
Establishment ID
480588
Employer case #
20230927
Date of incident
Shift started
13:56:00.000
Submitted
25JAN24:19:18:00

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.