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OSHA Injury Report: BWay Valparaiso

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at BWay Valparaiso in Valparaiso, IN 46383 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Technician in awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing.

Establishment
BWay Valparaiso
Parent company
BWay Valparaiso
Street
4002 montdale Park Drive
City
Valparaiso
State
IN
ZIP
46383
On-site location
Valparaiso Grinder Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Performing Maintenance Task

Employee was working with another employee in removing the door on the big grinder. While the door was coming down [REDACTED] was trying to hold on the door and it fell and hit his finger causing a laceration.

Nature of Injury: LACERATION (REQUIRES SUTURES CLOSURE) Type: Body Part: HAND(S) - FINGER(S)

Grinder

Laceration to the left pinky finger by a grinder door coming down on it

Job description
Maintenance Technician
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
326199 — Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
148
Total hours worked
328762
EIN
363624491
Establishment ID
1103271
Employer case #
IE-2304-01
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
6:00:00.000
Submitted
02FEB24:20:42:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.