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OSHA Injury Report: Superior Essex

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Superior Essex in Brownwood, TX 76801 resulted in days away from work. Employee was buffer Operator in strip, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants.

Establishment
Superior Essex
Parent company
Superior Essex
Street
2900 Morris Sheppard Dr.
City
Brownwood
State
TX
ZIP
76801
On-site location
Near production line
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3

The employee stated he lightly tapped his knee on a safety guard next to the yarn server.

The employee stated he light tapped his knee on a safety guard next to the yarn server and didn 't think anything of it. When he went to get on the forklift he felt his knee pop.

Sprained right knee

Safety guard

Sprained right knee

Job description
Buffer Operator
SOC code
51-4033 — Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters,
NAICS code
331420 — Strip, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
422
Total hours worked
973487
Establishment ID
1473426
Employer case #
25-01
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
8:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16FEB26:20:18:00

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.