Buffalo, NY —
OSHA Injury Report: API Heat Transfer Buffalo
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at API Heat Transfer Buffalo in Buffalo, NY 14225 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was grinder 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
- ES Blast House
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Using [REDACTED] to clean parts of Millscale and rust
What happened
Worker 's air line respirator supply hose was pulled into the media return auger and yanked the employees head backwards before being cut.
Injury or illness
Sprain of neck and shoulders
Object or substance involved
Auger hose helmet
Summary line
Neck Sprain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Grinder
- SOC code
- 51-4033 — Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- 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 #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 9:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 06MAR2025:21:13:00
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.