Coldwater, MI, MI —
OSHA Injury Report: Elmet Technologies
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Elmet Technologies in Coldwater, MI, MI 49036 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in powder, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metal.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Elmet Technologies
- Parent company
- Elmet Technologies
- Street
- 460 Jay Street
- City
- Coldwater, MI
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 49036
- On-site location
- Metals Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 160
Before the incident
changing a saw blade
What happened
changing the blade in Wells Saw the operator has to open the panel which requires her to lean forward slightly and push the door panel up. While doing so she felt and heard a popping sound in her lower back followed by pain.
Injury or illness
Lower Back
Object or substance involved
Bending and lifting
Summary line
Opening a panel door to change saw blade while slightly reaching up and over felt and heard a popping sound in her back followed by lower back pain.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 331492 — Powder, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metal
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 130
- Total hours worked
- 240939
- EIN
- 472668452
- Establishment ID
- 1527464
- Employer case #
- 46047
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 6:50
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 01MAR26:18:28:00
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.