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OSHA Injury Report: Bekaert Corporation

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Bekaert Corporation in Van Buren, AR 72956 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was wire Drawing Operator in barbed and twisted wire made in wire drawing plants.

Establishment
Bekaert Corporation
Parent company
Bekaert Corporation
Street
1881 Bekaert Drive
City
Van Buren
State
AR
ZIP
72956
On-site location
Wire Drawing
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Tossing scrap wire into metal hopper

Employee was tossing wire into a metal hopper and the end of the wire made contact with the forearm causing a laceration.

Left Forearm Laceration requiring stitches

Wire

Laceration Left Forearm Scrap Wire

Job description
Wire Drawing Operator
SOC code
51-4021 — Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
331222 — Barbed and twisted wire made in wire drawing plants
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
448
Total hours worked
948067
EIN
621340165
Establishment ID
1148241
Employer case #
6
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
23:00:00.000
Submitted
23FEB24:17:38:00

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.