Mooresboro, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Befesa Zinc Metal
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Befesa Zinc Metal in 484 Hicks Grove Rd, Mooresboro, NC 28114 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was reagent Handler in nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Befesa Zinc Metal
- Parent company
- Befesa Zinc Metal
- Street
- 484 Hicks Grove Rd
- City
- Mooresboro
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28114
- On-site location
- Sulfuric Acid Containment
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 10
Before the incident
Offloading Sulfuric Acid
What happened
[REDACTED] was trying to close a valve that was hard to move when he put his weight on the valve it broke and he fell into the sulfuric acid that had leaked into the containment.
Injury or illness
Chemical burn on his back
Object or substance involved
Sulfuric Acid
Summary line
Chemical burn to his back
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Reagent Handler
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 331491: Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 231
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 506,321
- Establishment ID
- 941437
- Employer case #
- IN-2023091
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 06:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-12
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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