Shelbyville, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Cooper Steel
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Cooper Steel in 503 North Hillcrest Drive, Shelbyville, TN 37160 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was fitter in buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Cooper Steel
- Parent company
- Cooper's Steel Fabricators, Inc.
- Street
- 503 North Hillcrest Drive
- City
- Shelbyville
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37160
- On-site location
- CSF - Fitting/Welding Department, Fabrication
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Grinding Material
What happened
IE was grinding holes on a steel beam at workstation #2. IE was wearing safety glasses face shield and gloves at time of injury. IE reported he actually saw a small piece of steel come under his face shield and felt it hit his eye. Tried flushing eye at eyewash station with no relief. Sr. Site Manager attempted to located foreign body in eye with no success. IE was taken to Eye Dr. by the Safety Manager. A small piece of steel that was embedded in the left eye was removed by the Dr.
Injury or illness
Nature of Injury: Foreign Object |Type: |Body Part: Eye(s)
Object or substance involved
Hand Tools
Summary line
IE was grinding holes on a steel beam. Small piece of steel went into left eye.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Fitter
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 332311: Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 388
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 832,976
- Establishment ID
- 82130
- Employer case #
- IE-2404-00
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-27
More injuries at Cooper Steel
View Cooper Steel's full OSHA safety record →
More injuries in this industry (NAICS 332311)
More injuries in TN
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.
Look up any company's OSHA accident reports by company, or browse severe injury reports by year, state, and company.