Brownwood, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: Superior Essex
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
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
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Going under airline
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Contusion to back
Object or substance involved
Airline
Summary line
Contusion to back
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
- Avg employees
- 422
- Total hours worked
- 973487
- Establishment ID
- 1473426
- Employer case #
- 25-14
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 15:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 16FEB26:21:55:00
Source
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.