Houston, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: Houston Dust
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Houston Dust
- Parent company
- US Zinc
- Street
- 6020 esperson st
- City
- Houston
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77011
- On-site location
- Furnace 2 HOP
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 55
Before the incident
Employee was installing a part (inspirator) on the furnace
What happened
While installing a part (inspirator) in the equipment the employee had their right pinky in between the part and the location installing the part.
Injury or illness
laceration with fracture
Object or substance involved
Inspirator (a part the employee was installing on the equipment)
Summary line
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.
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 13:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 11MAR24:20:30:00
Source
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.