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 painter 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
- Wood SHop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
Before the incident
Manually moving a part
What happened
Employee [REDACTED] the part weighing 45lbs on a table on its edge then lost his grip and the part fell onto his thumb striking it against the table.
Injury or illness
Contusion to thumb
Object or substance involved
Small Heat Exchanger end plate
Summary line
thumb struck by manually dropped part
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Painter
- SOC code
- 51-9123 — Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
- 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 #
- 8
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 9:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 06MAR2025:21:36:00
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.