Niagara Falls, NY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Washington Mills - Niagara Falls, NY
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Washington Mills - Niagara Falls, NY in 1801 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls, NY 14302 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was furnace Operator in abrasive products manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Washington Mills - Niagara Falls, NY
- Parent company
- Washington Mills
- Street
- 1801 Buffalo Ave.
- City
- Niagara Falls
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 14302
- On-site location
- Building 86 Furnace #6 Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 20
Before the incident
Breaking crust with a chipping hammer that had formed on the melt on Furnace #6
What happened
While swinging hammer it over-penetrated and upon trying to stop the momentum the hammer and employee 's wrist twisted.
Injury or illness
Left wrist sprain strain
Object or substance involved
The chipping hammer being handled
Summary line
Employee strained left wrist while using chipping hammer to forcibly break crust from furnace
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Furnace Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 327910: Abrasive products manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 113
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 225,905
- EIN
- 161289440
- Establishment ID
- 802457
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:00
- Time of incident
- 23:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-16
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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