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OSHA Injury Report: Befesa Zinc Metal

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Befesa Zinc Metal in Mooresboro, NC 28114 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Mechanic in nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills.

Establishment
Befesa Zinc Metal
Parent company
Befesa Zinc Metal
Street
484 Hicks Grove Rd
City
Mooresboro
State
NC
ZIP
28114
On-site location
Casting
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Removing Cone from Jumbo mold

[REDACTED] was Changing a Damaged [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] #14 when The [REDACTED] fell on [REDACTED] Finger as he was removing it from underneath the [REDACTED]. This caused a crush injury to his Left Middle finger and he was sent to [REDACTED] via P.O.V. after First Aid was rendered at the Plant and a drug test was given. [REDACTED] was wearing Latex Gloves at the time of the incident. They had the [REDACTED] picked up slightly with the overhead crane and [REDACTED] attempted to wrestle the cone out from underneath the [REDACTED].

Laceration

Finger caught between cone and floor

Laceration to Left Fingers caused by Finger caught between cone and floor

Job description
Maintenance Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
331491 — Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
190
Total hours worked
465285
Establishment ID
941437
Employer case #
IN-2024051
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00
Time of incident
3:01
Filing year
2024
Submitted
20JAN2025:15:55:00

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.