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OSHA Injury Report: API Heat Transfer Buffalo

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at API Heat Transfer Buffalo in Buffalo, NY 14225 resulted in days away from work. Employee was crib Attendant in aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing.

Establishment
API Heat Transfer Buffalo
Parent company
API Heat Transfer
Street
2777 Walden Ave
City
Buffalo
State
NY
ZIP
14225
On-site location
Burn Table Bay
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
24

Rigging a piece of steel plate using a powered overhead crane and renfroe lifting clamp and placing into racking

Employee was steadying the plate with his gloved hand and when the plate struck the back of the rack it spin and pinched his hand against the rack and lacerated his thumb.

Laceration of Thumb

Raw rolled steel plate Plate rack.

Laceration to the left hand caused by a large steel plate he was rigging.

Job description
Crib Attendant
SOC code
53-7065 — Stockers and Order Fillers
NAICS code
332410 — Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
215
Total hours worked
373238
EIN
161510301
Establishment ID
1209184
Employer case #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:20:11:00

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.