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
- payoff wire mill 310
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 10
Before the incident
walking
What happened
FINISHED WELDING A COIL IN TO THE PAYOFF AND WAS PLACING THE ROD INTO THE TRANSFER SWITCH. HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON THE COILS SKID AND LOST FOOTING AND STARTED TO FALL. CAUGHT HIM SELF WITH HIS RIGHT ARM ON THE PAYOFF WALL. DOING SO HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER .
Injury or illness
shoulder strain
Object or substance involved
pallet
Summary line
strain of shoulder
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 #
- 11
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 11:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 01MAR24:00:59:00
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.