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 maintenance 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
- casting mill drag conveyor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 24
Before the incident
changing belt
What happened
Employee was changing a belt on gear box and motor. Supervisor was there to check belt before machine was started. Employee reached to check the belt and motor started took his two fingers in the machine
Injury or illness
R middle finger caught
Object or substance involved
gear box motor
Summary line
R middle finger caught
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- 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 #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 16:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:22:59:00
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.