Shelby, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: IMC Metals
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at IMC Metals in Shelby, NC 28152 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cASTING OPERATOR LINE in precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- IMC Metals
- Parent company
- IMC Metals LLC
- Street
- 135 Boiler Spring Road
- City
- Shelby
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28152
- On-site location
- SOUTH SIDE OF LINE7
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 21
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
LOADING THE SOUTHSIDE FURNACE LINE 7
What happened
EE WAS RETRIEVING SOMETHING AND LOADING THE FURNACE AND THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION. EE WAS WEARING THE REQUIRED PPE FLAME RETARDENT SUIT AND GLOVES.
Injury or illness
BURNS TO HAND AND TORSO
Object or substance involved
MOLTEN COPPER
Summary line
BURN TO HAND AND TORSO
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CASTING OPERATOR LINE
- SOC code
- 51-4072 — Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- NAICS code
- 331492 — Precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 98
- Total hours worked
- 204512
- EIN
- 270817038
- Establishment ID
- 1075949
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 8:10
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 16JAN2025:15:57:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.