Columbia City, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center in Columbia City, IN 46725 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was wire Mill Op in copper products made in integrated secondary smelting mills and drawing plants.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center
- Street
- 2601 South 600 East
- City
- Columbia City
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46725
- On-site location
- Annealer wire mill 311
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 180
Before the incident
changing the third ring in the annealer
What happened
Employee was changing the third ring in the annealer. She forget to turn the pressure off and it was set for 2.5. when she removed the ring the wire pulled her hand down and her pinky went in to the inlet of the cooling tube trapping her hand
Injury or illness
L hand contusion
Object or substance involved
annealer ring
Summary line
L little finger partial amputation
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Wire Mill Op
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 331420 — Copper products made in integrated secondary smelting mills and drawing plants
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 65
- Total hours worked
- 158816
- Establishment ID
- 1186648
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 5:45:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:22:39:00
Source
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.