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OSHA Injury Report: Western Utility Telecom

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Western Utility Telecom in Salem, OR 973E6 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was welder in fabricated structural metal manufacturing.

Establishment
Western Utility Telecom
Parent company
Western Utility Telecom
Street
5032 Salem Dallas Hwy NW
City
Salem
State
OR
ZIP
973E6
On-site location
Shop Floor
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Sliding a vang plate through a pole

[REDACTED] finally gave way and slid in faster than [REDACTED] was expecting catching his thumb under the cross bar

Smashed thumb. Non-displaced fracture

1 2 round bar 1 foot long

Smashed thumb resulting in fracture

Job description
welder
SOC code
51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
NAICS code
332312 — Fabricated structural metal manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
67
Total hours worked
137899
EIN
912173102
Establishment ID
655019
Employer case #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:30:00.000
Submitted
19JAN24:17:12:00

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.