Longview, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: Southwest Steel Casting Company
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Southwest Steel Casting Company in 600 Foundry Drive, Longview, TX 75604 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was pouroff shake out 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
- Furnace Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 217
Before the incident
Employee moving molds bottom boards (plywood) and using a sledgehammer to bust castings out of molds.
What happened
Moving bottom boards weighing approx 40-45 lbs using an 8 pound sledge hammer to break molds repetitive motion causing a strain to right forearm. Employee conditioned became more sore over time. Finally reported in [REDACTED] that it was too painful to do his normal job.
Injury or illness
Initial injury not reported right away took employee to OccMed when reported put on restricted duty condition worsened and employee requested to be seen again. After MRI determined needed surgery to repair a torn ligament in right forearm putting him on LD for 217 days in 2023. Employee has returned to work.
Object or substance involved
Bottom boards weighing 40-45 lbs repetitive movement
Summary line
Strained tendon in right forearm repetitive use
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Pouroff shake out
- SOC code
- 51-4023: Rolling Machine 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 #
- 2
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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