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OSHA Injury Report: Houston Dust

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Houston Dust in Houston, TX 77011 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator 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 Condenser box
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
20

Stepping down from the step off the condenser box

While stepping down the employee twisted his ankle

lumbar muscle strain

concrete floor and step

Employee just completed painting the condenser box and furnace clay seal and when he went to step down from condenser box he landed on his ankle thus creating dis-comfort to his lower back.

Job description
Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
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 #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
17:00:00.000
Time of incident
23:15:00.000
Submitted
11MAR24:20:37:00

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.