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OSHA Injury Report: Houston Dust

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Houston Dust in Houston, TX 77011 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenace Tech in smelting nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary.

Establishment
Houston Dust
Parent company
US Zinc
Street
6020 esperson st
City
Houston
State
TX
ZIP
77011
On-site location
Furnace 2 HOP
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
55

Employee was installing a part (inspirator) on the furnace

While installing a part (inspirator) in the equipment the employee had their right pinky in between the part and the location installing the part.

laceration with fracture

Inspirator (a part the employee was installing on the equipment)

employee just finished PM on furnace 2 and was re-installing a component when placing component in place he placed it on his right pinky finger. Thus causing laceration and fracture.

Job description
Maintenace Tech
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
331492 — Smelting nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
23
Total hours worked
77565
Establishment ID
1236960
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:30:00.000
Submitted
11MAR24:20:30:00

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.