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OSHA Injury Report: Materion - Wheatfield

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Materion - Wheatfield in Wheatfield, NY 14304 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator IV Manufacturing in nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made by rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased nonferrous metal.

Establishment
Materion - Wheatfield
Parent company
Materion
Street
2080 Lockport Road
City
Wheatfield
State
NY
ZIP
14304
On-site location
Acid Room
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
68
Days restricted or transferred
112

Employee was standing 40 feet away rinsing off processed material

While processing PPC material in the drying oven an unknown reaction caused an over pressurization of the oven causing a release of energy An operator standing 40 feet away suffered injuries related to the energy release and resulting sound The employee was treated offsite and was diagnosed with a concussion and neck sprain

Nature of InjuryIllness Concussion Body Parts Head

Shockwave

Nature of InjuryIllness Concussion Cause of InjuryIllnessStruck By Body Parts Head Object Substance Shockwave

Job description
Operator IV Manufacturing
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
331491 — Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made by rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased nonferrous metal
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
35
Total hours worked
63266
Establishment ID
986766
Employer case #
US-EM - WH
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:00:00.000
Submitted
26FEB24:12:44:00

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.