Niagara Falls, NY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Washington Mills - Niagara Falls, NY
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Washington Mills - Niagara Falls, NY in 1801 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls, NY 14302 resulted in days away from work. Employee was production 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 84 3rd Floor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 172
- Days restricted or transferred
- 8
Before the incident
Employee was attempting to clean the air track (material delivery system from dust collectors) that had stopped flowing.
What happened
Employee placed hand inside open valve and at some point during communication to employees below they cycled the valve and it closed on the employee 's wrist.
Injury or illness
Left wrist Contustion Bruise that involved some degree of nerve damage and lost time during recovery.
Object or substance involved
Air actuated slide gate valve
Summary line
Left wrist contusion bruise from being forcibly pinched in delivery line by air-actuated slide gate
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- 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 #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 09:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-20
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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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