Norwood, MA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Absolute Metal Finishing
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Absolute Metal Finishing in 90 morse street, Norwood, MA 02062 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was plater in electroplating metals and formed products for the trade.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Absolute Metal Finishing
- Parent company
- Absolute Metal Finishing
- Street
- 90 morse street
- City
- Norwood
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 02062
- On-site location
- Plating Line
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was preforming the cleaning cycle of parts by dipping them in a series of chemical and rinse tanks prior to the plating operation
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
The acid that came into contact with the employees right forearm created a chemical burn.
Object or substance involved
HF acid.
Summary line
Acid came into contact with employees forearm
Employee and industry
- 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
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 50
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 125,602
- EIN
- 43169163
- Establishment ID
- 1239319
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-27
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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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