Buffalo, NY —
OSHA Injury Report: API Heat Transfer Buffalo
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at API Heat Transfer Buffalo in Buffalo, NY 14225 resulted in days away from work. Employee was assembler in aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- API Heat Transfer Buffalo
- Parent company
- API Heat Transfer
- Street
- 2777 Walden Ave
- City
- Buffalo
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 14225
- On-site location
- TEMA Assembly
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 43
Before the incident
Performing Hydrostatic testing
What happened
Employee was assisting another employee with a hydrostatic test when a hydrostatic test fitting failed. Hose whip occurred and a failed fitting struck the effected employee in the palm of their left hand.
Injury or illness
Laceration Left Palm of thumb
Object or substance involved
Pipe and hose.
Summary line
Laceration of palm of left hand from failed Hydraulic hose and fitting.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Assembler
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 332410 — Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 174
- Total hours worked
- 390926
- EIN
- 161510301
- Establishment ID
- 1209184
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 8:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 06MAR2025:20:43:00
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.