Columbia City, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center in Columbia City, IN 46725 resulted in days away from work. Employee was concast 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
- concast mill
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 11
Before the incident
clearing a blowout
What happened
Operator was clearing a blowout from the mills. While smashing down the blowout the t-handle of the bar he used caught and the handle of the cutters that were on the mill side door causing them to fall off and hit him in the forehead
Injury or illness
tool fell on head
Object or substance involved
bolt cutters
Summary line
bolt cutter hit head
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Concast Op
- 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 #
- 13
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 5:45:00.000
- Submitted
- 01MAR24:01:14:00
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.