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OSHA Injury Report: Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center in Columbia City, IN 46725 resulted in days away from work. 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 310
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1
Days restricted or transferred
14

Employee was cleaning bottom wheel of the vertical capstand

employee was cleaning bottom wheel of the vertical capstand with a cloth. The cloth was caught between wheel and wire then pulled the cloth along with Employee 's right hand in between the wire and wheel.

R ring and middle finger caught

capstan

R ring and middle finger caught

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 #
6
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:00:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:23:17:00

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.