Greenville, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Metallix Refining, Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Metallix Refining, Inc. in Greenville, NC 27834 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in recovering and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) from scrap.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Metallix Refining, Inc.
- Parent company
- Metallix Refining, Inc.
- Street
- 251 Industrial Blvd
- City
- Greenville
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 27834
- On-site location
- APR3 Scrubber
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
- Days restricted or transferred
- 5
Before the incident
Changing a filter.
What happened
While changing a filter the top of the valve blew off and struck the employee on his forehead.
Injury or illness
laceration to the forehead
Object or substance involved
valve cover
Summary line
Filter top popped open striking Operator on forehead
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4031 — Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- NAICS code
- 331492 — Recovering and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) from scrap
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 118
- Total hours worked
- 177000
- EIN
- 205968177
- Establishment ID
- 1241378
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 14:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 20JAN2025:18:24:00
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.