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OSHA Injury Report: Absolute Metal Finishing

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Absolute Metal Finishing in Norwood, MA 02062 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was plater in electroplating metals and formed products for the trade.

Establishment
Absolute Metal Finishing
Parent company
Absolute Metal Finishing
Street
90 morse street
City
Norwood
State
MA
ZIP
02062
On-site location
Plating Line
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was preforming the cleaning cycle of parts by dipping them in a series of chemical and rinse tanks prior to the plating operation

When the employee was lifting the parts up out of the HF acid tank high enough to were the parts were out of the solution his hands were positioned above his head a small amount of acid was on his work glove that dripped from the glove and fell under his shirt sleeve landing on his forearm.

The acid that came into contact with the employees right forearm created a chemical burn.

HF acid.

Acid came into contact with employees forearm

Job description
Plater
SOC code
51-4193 — Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
332813 — Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
50
Total hours worked
125602
EIN
43169163
Establishment ID
1239319
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:00:00.000
Submitted
27MAR24:15:33:00

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.