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OSHA Injury Report: Houston Metal

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Houston Metal in Houston, TX 77011 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in smelting nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary.

Establishment
Houston Metal
Parent company
US Zinc
Street
6020 navigation st
City
Houston
State
TX
ZIP
77011
On-site location
In front of Ajax ground level
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
42
Days restricted or transferred
42

Installing rigging to the material

While installing the rigging to the material the material was not stable and tipped over onto the employees right foot

crushing injury amputation

Block on metal

Worker securing material with chains and bottom dross block fell onto right foot wearing metaltarsel steal toed safety boot. Weight of material aprox 2000lbs

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
29
Total hours worked
48069
Establishment ID
1236959
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:00:00.000
Submitted
11MAR24:20:49:00

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.