Valparaiso, IN ·
OSHA Injury Report: BWay Valparaiso
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at BWay Valparaiso in 4002 montdale Park Drive, Valparaiso, IN 46383 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Technician in awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BWay Valparaiso
- Parent company
- BWay Valparaiso
- Street
- 4002 montdale Park Drive
- City
- Valparaiso
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46383
- On-site location
- Valparaiso Injection Molding Lines
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 8
Before the incident
Performing Maintenance Task
What happened
While moving a pallet of lifting equipment one of the lifting bars fell off of the pallet. The lifting Bar fell on its flat side and the forklift was unable to get the forks under it. A pry bar was used to get the lifting bar into an upright position so that it could be placed back onto the pallet. the lifting bar shifted and started to fall towards the forklift forks the bar bounced off of the forks and reversed direction as it fell back onto its side and onto the floor. As it fell to the floor it Struck the top of the Right Foot of [REDACTED]. Poorly organized pallet of parts left by the contractor that had to be moved.
Injury or illness
Nature of Injury: CONTUSION Type: Body Part: LOWER EXTREMITIES-FOOT Right
Object or substance involved
Other
Summary line
When EE was moving a pallet of lifting equipment one of the lifting bars fell off the pallet onto his R foot causing a contusion to the right top of foot
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 326199: Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 148
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 328,762
- EIN
- 363624491
- Establishment ID
- 1103271
- Employer case #
- IE-2303-01
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 07:45
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-02
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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