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OSHA Injury Report: Washington Mills - Niagara Falls, NY

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Washington Mills - Niagara Falls, NY in Niagara Falls, NY 14302 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was furnace Operator in abrasive products manufacturing.

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
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Cleaning scrap material from the Furnace #5 base using a bucket and shovel.

While stepping out of pot with bucket in hand employee slipped causing knee to twist.

Sprain Strain to Left Knee

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.

Employee twisted knee stepping out of Furnace #5 pot while cleaning up scrap material

Job description
Furnace Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
327910 — Abrasive products manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
113
Total hours worked
225905
EIN
161289440
Establishment ID
802457
Employer case #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:17:03:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.