Fort Wayne, IN ·
OSHA Injury Report: ESSEX FURUKAWA FORT WAYNE MAGNET WIRE PLANT
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at ESSEX FURUKAWA FORT WAYNE MAGNET WIRE PLANT in 1601 Wall Street, 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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
scrapping wire
What happened
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
Injury or illness
multi rib fracture
Object or substance involved
jack
Summary line
multi rib fracture
Employee and industry
- 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
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 98
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 206,983
- Establishment ID
- 1181461
- Employer case #
- 23-04
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 09:15
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-28
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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