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OSHA Injury Report: Washington Mills - Niagara Falls, NY

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Washington Mills - Niagara Falls, NY in Niagara Falls, NY 14302 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production 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 84 Roof
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
22

Employee was attempting to get Pocket [REDACTED] Fines flowing from a Dust Collector.

Employee reported swinging sledge hammer overhead and at awkward orientation prior to feeling pain in left lower back.

Left Lower Back Sprain Strain

Sedge Hammer being handled

Employeee reported left-side lower back pain following swinging sledge hammer overhead to get pocket #2 of [REDACTED] fines flowing

Job description
Production
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
327910 — Abrasive products manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
113
Total hours worked
225905
EIN
161289440
Establishment ID
802457
Employer case #
9
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:40:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:20:42:00

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.