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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 maintenance Tech 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
Agri Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Kneeling down on floor while completing a maintenance task

Kneeled down on to a floor with dramix in the concrete. A thin wire of dramix was sticking up out of the concrete. It made contact with the knee causing pain and swelling [REDACTED] later. Reported 11 [REDACTED] post-event.

Pain and swelling

Dramix metal strand

Pain Right Knee

Job description
Maintenance Tech
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
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 #
7
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Submitted
23FEB24:17:40:00

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.