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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 holder ground level
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
57
Days restricted or transferred
142

using a hammer to release a mold

While using a hammer to release the mold the employee hit the corner of the mold resulting in injury

strain muscle

hammer and mold

While using a sledgehammer to remove the casting ingot from the mold the EE felt a pull in his upper right shoulder area.

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
Date of incident
Shift started
17:00:00.000
Time of incident
23:54:00.000
Submitted
11MAR24:20:52:00

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.