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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 maintenance 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
casting mill drag conveyor
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
24

changing belt

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

R middle finger caught

gear box motor

R middle finger caught

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
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
16:30:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:22:59:00

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.