Brownwood, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: Superior Essex
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Superior Essex in 2900 Morris Sheppard Dr., 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.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Superior Essex
- Parent company
- Superior Essex
- Street
- 2900 Morris Sheppard Dr.
- City
- Brownwood
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 76801
- On-site location
- Buffering Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 82
Before the incident
Trying to untangle the cable
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Laceration to finger on left hand
Object or substance involved
Yarn
Summary line
Laceration to finger
Employee and industry
- 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
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 422
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 973,487
- Establishment ID
- 1473426
- Employer case #
- 25-13
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 18:50
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-16
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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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