Mooresboro, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Befesa Zinc Metal
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Befesa Zinc Metal in Mooresboro, NC 28114 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Mechanic in nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Befesa Zinc Metal
- Parent company
- Befesa Zinc Metal
- Street
- 484 Hicks Grove Rd
- City
- Mooresboro
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28114
- On-site location
- Maintenance
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 2
Before the incident
Installing coupling and performing motor alignment
What happened
[REDACTED] was working on the [REDACTED]307A when I called him and [REDACTED] to go to the [REDACTED] due to it locking up. [REDACTED] turned to walk away and fell to the ground saying the left side of his lower back was hurt and that he could not move due to the pain. [REDACTED] called me via radio and told me to come to the pump they were working on I radioed [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] to assist me with the situation. When we arrived [REDACTED] was sitting on the pump base complaining of lower back pain. The SERT members checked him out and helped him out of containment and down to the [REDACTED] room until the ambulance arrived and they took him to the hospital.
Injury or illness
Heat Stress
Object or substance involved
Heat weather
Summary line
Heat Stress to Other caused by Heat weather
Employee and industry
- 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-2024081
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:45
- Time of incident
- 21:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 20JAN2025:15:55:00
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.