Orrville, OH ·
OSHA Injury Report: Bekaert Corporation
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Bekaert Corporation in 510 Collins Blvd., Orrville, OH 44667 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Bekaert Corporation
- Street
- 510 Collins Blvd.
- City
- Orrville
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 44667
- On-site location
- Single Hole Drawer Welder
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 5
Before the incident
Preparing to weld wire end together to continue processing.
What happened
Injured operator was preparing to weld the end of wire to a new coil as part of normal operating procedures. During this task the operator is required to secure both wire ends into welder. The operator hit the foot pedal to the welder to secure the wire in the pneumatic clamp. While doing this the finger was placed between the wire and welder clamp and closed on the finger.
Injury or illness
Right fifth finger injury
Object or substance involved
Welder
Summary line
Finger injury on the left fifth finger caused from welder jaw
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199: Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 331221: Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 180
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 343,722
- Establishment ID
- 1080345
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:00
- Time of incident
- 01:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-26
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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