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OSHA Injury Report: Paul's Welding Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Paul's Welding Inc. in Nappanee, IN 46550 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was powder Coating in structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing.

Establishment
Paul's Welding Inc.
Parent company
Paul's Welding Inc.
Street
7930 W 1000 N
City
Nappanee
State
IN
ZIP
46550
On-site location
PWI - B4 - Powder Coating
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
34

Pushing a cart of material into a 400° powder coat oven

He was about halfway into the oven with the cart of material when the heat caused his eyes to burn so he closed them and ended up bumping his left forearm into the side of the oven.

Third degree burn left forearm

400° powder coating oven

Third degree burn left forearm from powder coating oven

Job description
Powder Coating
SOC code
51-4193 — Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
332312 — Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
144
Total hours worked
239789
EIN
201411264
Establishment ID
247939
Employer case #
2303
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:00:00.000
Submitted
23FEB24:13:55:00

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.