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OSHA Injury Report: Washington Mills - Niagara Falls, NY
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Washington Mills - Niagara Falls, NY in 1801 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls, NY 14302 resulted in other recordable case. 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 #5 Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning scrap material from the Furnace #5 base using a bucket and shovel.
What happened
While stepping out of pot with bucket in hand employee slipped causing knee to twist.
Injury or illness
Sprain Strain to Left Knee
Object or substance involved
Root Cause was the slip upon stepping however contributing factors were the size of the step the employee took and the decision to make it with load in hand.
Summary line
Employee twisted knee stepping out of Furnace #5 pot while cleaning up scrap material
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 #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- 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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