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OSHA Injury Report: Bekaert Corporation

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Bekaert Corporation in Orrville, OH 44667 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was machine Operator in cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel.

Establishment
Bekaert Corporation
Street
510 Collins Blvd.
City
Orrville
State
OH
ZIP
44667
On-site location
Galvanizing Line DB2
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Removing scrap wire from drawblock

Injured operator removed scrap loops of wire on drawblock after a wire break. After removing the scrap loops the operator attempted to twist the wire to confine the loops to put in scrap hopper. When this occurred the end sprung loose and punctured through the left cheek.

Puncture wound to the left facial cheek.

Wire

Left cheek puncture

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
Avg employees
180
Total hours worked
343722
Establishment ID
1080345
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
16:00:00.000
Time of incident
22:30:00.000
Submitted
26JAN24:18:07:00

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.