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OSHA Injury Report: Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

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.

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
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
180

changing the third ring in the annealer

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

L hand contusion

annealer ring

L little finger partial amputation

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
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
5:45:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:22:39:00

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.