Augusta, ME ·
OSHA Injury Report: Cives Steel Company New England Division
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Cives Steel Company New England Division in 103 Lipman Rd, Augusta, ME 04330 resulted in days away from work. Employee was welder in fabricated structural metal manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Cives Steel Company New England Division
- Parent company
- Cives Corporation
- Street
- 103 Lipman Rd
- City
- Augusta
- State
- ME
- ZIP
- 04330
- On-site location
- Shop Floor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 4
Before the incident
Associate was welding on a piece of structural steel Associate was operating an automatic welding machine welding on a piece of structural steel.
What happened
As associate was using the automatic auto travel welding machine. As the unit moved along the beam being welded the associate lifted their welding shield to check their weld while ARC was present. As associate was using the automatic auto travel welding machine. As the unit moved along the beam being welded the associate lifted their welding shield to check their weld while ARC was present.
Injury or illness
Photokeratitis bilateral
Object or substance involved
The bright electrical ARC caused ARC flash to the eyes. The bright electrical ARC caused ARC flash to the eyes.
Summary line
ARC flash associate kept checking welds by lifting their welding shield without turning off the auto welding machine.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder
- SOC code
- 51-4121: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 332312: Fabricated structural metal manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 132
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 238,920
- EIN
- 160955800
- Establishment ID
- 1229522
- Employer case #
- 23-Jul
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
- 2024-03-05
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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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