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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 concast 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
concast mill
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
11

clearing a blowout

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

tool fell on head

bolt cutters

bolt cutter hit head

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
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
5:45:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:01:14:00

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.