Spokane, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Kaiser Aluminum - Alutek
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Kaiser Aluminum - Alutek in 3401 N. Tschirley Rd., Spokane, WA 99216 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was operator Maintainer in metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kaiser Aluminum - Alutek
- Parent company
- Kaiser Aluminum
- Street
- 3401 N. Tschirley Rd.
- City
- Spokane
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 99216
- On-site location
- Sand Line Exit Crane, North Scale
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Transferring Lot ticket
What happened
On [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] an Alutek employee was operating the Exit Crane on the [REDACTED]. As part of the process the exit operator is required to take the lot traveler off of the last piece of metal. The employee had removed the first piece of metal from the roll table with the crane and placed it onto the scale. They then went back to the roll table to grab the lot traveler off of the last plate. When grabbing the traveler the paper slipped from their grip. The employee reached for the traveler again however the metal was still moving on the roll table and their finger got wedged between the roller and the 1.5 plate. The employee was transported to Urgent Care for further evaluation.
Injury or illness
Avulsion (Finger - Left)
Object or substance involved
Removing Traveler from Moving metal
Summary line
Avulsion (Finger - Left) resulting from Caught in under between caused by Safety Other - All others not specified
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator Maintainer
- SOC code
- 53-7051: Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- NAICS code
- 423510: Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 118
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 259,979
- EIN
- 273859817
- Establishment ID
- 562319
- Employer case #
- 25_1675
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-26
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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