Florham Park, NJ ·
OSHA Injury Report: VDM Metals USA, LLC
Respiratory condition · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a respiratory condition at VDM Metals USA, LLC in 306 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park, NJ 7932 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was melt Shop in nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made by rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased nonferrous metal.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- VDM Metals USA, LLC
- Parent company
- VDM Metals USA, LLC
- Street
- 306 Columbia Turnpike
- City
- Florham Park
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 7932
- On-site location
- ESR-base plate welding station
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
Before the incident
The employee was using a hand grinder to prep the surface on a base plate.
What happened
As the employee was grinding a small piece of debris bounced off their check and went under their safety glass which then bounced off the backside of their glasses and then landed in their eye. The employee attempted to flush the debris out but was ineffective
Injury or illness
The employee suffered debris in right eye.
Object or substance involved
Debris coming off ground material
Summary line
Debris in eye
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Melt Shop
- SOC code
- 51-4051: Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 331491: Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made by rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased nonferrous metal
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 117
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 259,077
- Establishment ID
- 263748
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 10:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-24
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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