FINDLAY, OH —
OSHA Injury Report: Werk-Brau
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Werk-Brau in FINDLAY, OH 45840 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was welder in buckets, excavating (e.g., clamshell, concrete, drag scraper, dragline, shovel), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Werk-Brau
- Parent company
- Werk-Brau Co., Inc.
- Street
- 2800 FOSTORIA AVE
- City
- FINDLAY
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 45840
- On-site location
- Grip Robot Cell
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 9
Before the incident
Unknown
What happened
Team Member states he was putting his weld helmet onto his head but it was tight because he had the hood of his sweatshirt pulled over his head. Instead of adjusting the head band he forced it down onto his head while pushing upwards with his head neck and felt pain in his upper back.
Injury or illness
Thoracic strain
Object or substance involved
Team member 's forceful action to put on the weld helmet.
Summary line
Thoracic strain from pulling weld helmet onto his head
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder
- SOC code
- 51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 333120 — Buckets, excavating (e.g., clamshell, concrete, drag scraper, dragline, shovel), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 144
- Total hours worked
- 286987
- EIN
- 344456894
- Establishment ID
- 138256
- Employer case #
- 11325
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 26JAN26:20:19:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.