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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 logistics Technician Staff 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
East Parking Lot
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
75

Employee was bagging glass media. There is a trough that gets filled with glass media and must be emptied. The trough sits approximately 8 off the floor. Employee would bend over and with a shovel scoop out the media and fill a plastic bag with this media. Then media is lifted and placed inside a dumpster container.

Per employee the constant turning and bending caused the strain on his back which later caused pain in his lower back waist and legs.

Strained back causing pain in lower back waist and legs.

N A

Muscle strain of Lower Back

Job description
Logistics Technician Staff
SOC code
13-1081 — Logisticians
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 #
20231017
Date of incident
Shift started
8:54:00.000
Time of incident
15:30:00.000
Submitted
25JAN24:19:25:00

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.