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 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 pit
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 40
Before the incident
normal work duties
What happened
Operator was in the casting wheel pit doing start up operator was pulling the start tube up out of the wheel when a piece of copper fell off and landed on the lip of their spat. Operator tried to brush the piece off with tongs when the piece fell down into their boot
Injury or illness
burn
Object or substance involved
hot copper
Summary line
burned leg
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 #
- 14
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 17:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 01MAR24:01:18:00
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.