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OSHA Injury Report: Befesa Zinc Metal

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Befesa Zinc Metal in Mooresboro, NC 28114 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator Leach 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
RC-SS Material Handler
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
36
Days restricted or transferred
80

Prepping for decontamination of mobile equipment

At approximately [REDACTED] [REDACTED] called me via radio stating that he broke his knee. I immediately started to head to the leach pad where he was located and called S.E.R.T team on the way an informed them that we would need the SERT cart and a few hands for assistance. Apon arrival [REDACTED] was underneath the scaffolding outside of the leach pad truck wash laying down. He stated that while walking of the leach pad truck wash heading north he stepped west over the bottom support bar of the scaffolding and his foot slipped on polymer or something. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] (S.E.R.T.) arrived shortly after. Asked him a few questions had him bend his knee if possible and turn side to side. His knee was red but could not tell if it was swollen or not at the time.

Other

Ground

Other to Right Knee caused by Ground

Job description
Operator Leach
SOC code
51-4051 — Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
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-2024082
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
15:15
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.