Brownwood, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: Superior Essex
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Superior Essex in 2900 Morris Sheppard Dr., 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
Allegedly using a pallet jack to move compound
What happened
The employee originally thought his cancer was back but when he went to the doctor he was told had an injury caused from work. The employee claims using the pallet jack to move the compound cause him to strain his abdomen.
Injury or illness
Strain abdomen - hernia
Object or substance involved
Unsure
Summary line
Strain abdomen
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 #
- 25-18
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- 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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