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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
Buffering Department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
82

Trying to untangle the cable

The employee was trying to untangle the cable from a capstan wheel while the line was running when she pulled the cable off the wheel the line did not slow down and her finger got tangled in the yarn.

Laceration to finger on left hand

Yarn

Laceration to finger

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 #
25-13
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00
Time of incident
18:50
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16FEB26:21:48:00

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.