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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 mechanic Maintenance 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
Maintenance
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Setting up a tri-pod for Confined Space Rescue Training

Chipped tooth setting up Tripod winch during training. while lifting tripod onto stand the handle came off causing my arm to jerk back and hit me on the right tooth chipping it as a direct result.

Chipped Tooth

Tri-pod wench

Chipped Tooth to Right Teeth caused by Tri-pod wench

Job description
Mechanic Maintenance
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-2024062
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
13:00
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.