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OSHA Injury Report: Superior Essex

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Superior Essex in Brownwood, TX 76801 resulted in other recordable case. 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
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Going under airline

The employee was having to go under the airline to move a compound hopper to empty color chips and change out colors when the hopper moved causing the airline to dig into his back.

Contusion to back

Airline

Contusion to back

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 #
25-14
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
15:20
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16FEB26:21:55:00

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.