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OSHA Injury Report: ESSEX FURUKAWA FORT WAYNE MAGNET WIRE PLANT

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at ESSEX FURUKAWA FORT WAYNE MAGNET WIRE PLANT in Fort Wayne, IN 46802 resulted in days away from work. Employee was enamel Operator in magnet wire, insulated, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants.

Establishment
ESSEX FURUKAWA FORT WAYNE MAGNET WIRE PLANT
Street
1601 Wall Street
City
Fort Wayne
State
IN
ZIP
46802
On-site location
enamel scrap area
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

scrapping wire

while scrapping a reel of wire the scrapper pulled the jack that was bolted to the floor the steel snapped and the jack came out and pinned the operator and threw him against the scrap tub

multi rib fracture

jack

multi rib fracture

Job description
Enamel Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
331420 — Magnet wire, insulated, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
98
Total hours worked
206983
Establishment ID
1181461
Employer case #
23-04
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:15:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:02:46:00

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.