Longview, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: Southwest Steel Casting Company
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Southwest Steel Casting Company in 600 Foundry Drive, Longview, TX 75604 resulted in days away from work. Employee was heat Treater in alloy steel castings (except investment), unfinished, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Southwest Steel Casting Company
- Parent company
- Southwest Steel Casting Company
- Street
- 600 Foundry Drive
- City
- Longview
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 75604
- On-site location
- Hit right elbow against metal bin causing bursitis that turned into a bursectomy
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 28
Before the incident
Employee was moving a casting with his hands his right hand slipped from casting forcing his right elbow into the edge of a metal bin that holds the castings. When his elbow connected with side of pan caused a bursa injury.
What happened
Hit elbow on inside of metal bin. Condition worsened over time went back to OccMed for follow up.
Injury or illness
Initial injury was bursa sack inflammation. OccMed treated and drained braced and was released to return to work. After use of right arm bursa sack became inflamed again sent back to OccMed referred to Ortho Ortho deemed it necessary for surgery to remove damaged tissue.
Object or substance involved
Hit elbow on metal pan tote that castings are moved around in
Summary line
Right elbo
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Heat Treater
- SOC code
- 51-4191: Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- NAICS code
- 331513: Alloy steel castings (except investment), unfinished, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 90
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 185,340
- EIN
- 752940613
- Establishment ID
- 1227942
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-04
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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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