Houston, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: Houston Metal
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Houston Metal
- Parent company
- US Zinc
- Street
- 6020 navigation st
- City
- Houston
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77011
- On-site location
- In front of Ajax holder ground level
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 57
- Days restricted or transferred
- 142
Before the incident
using a hammer to release a mold
What happened
While using a hammer to release the mold the employee hit the corner of the mold resulting in injury
Injury or illness
strain muscle
Object or substance involved
hammer and mold
Summary line
While using a sledgehammer to remove the casting ingot from the mold the EE felt a pull in his upper right shoulder area.
Employee and industry
- 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 #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 23:54:00.000
- Submitted
- 11MAR24:20:52:00
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.