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OSHA Injury Report: Metal Surfaces International

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Metal Surfaces International in Bell Gardens, CA 90201 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was metal Finishing Line Operator in electroplating metals and formed products for the trade.

Establishment
Metal Surfaces International
Parent company
Metal Surfaces International
Street
6060 Shull St
City
Bell Gardens
State
CA
ZIP
90201
On-site location
Continuous line
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
3

Unscrewing a brass brush on the production line using an Alan wrench

He was unscrewing a brass brush on the production line using an Alan wrench. The wrench slipped from his hand and made a small cut on his thumb. He grabbed Nickel metal chips from the drum and the dirt from the chips went into the cut. He cleaned the cut but it became infected over the weekend.

Injury

Alan wrench

Right thumb contusion from cut with wrench

Job description
Metal Finishing Line Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
332813 — Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
126
Total hours worked
297362
EIN
953867836
Establishment ID
1251903
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
22:00:00.000
Submitted
13DEC24:23:07:00

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.