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OSHA Injury Report: Lake Cable of Indiana LLC - Valpo

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Lake Cable of Indiana LLC - Valpo in Valparaiso, IL 46383 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator CONTRACT EMPLOYEE in cable, noninsulated wire, made from purchased wire.

Establishment
Lake Cable of Indiana LLC - Valpo
Parent company
Delaware LEC
Street
2700 Evans Ave.
City
Valparaiso
State
IL
ZIP
46383
On-site location
Tape Machine #2
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5

Contract employee was unwrapping a pallet

He lifted the roll of copper and made a fast twisting movement to move copper to machine and felt a pop in the middle of his back

Strain of thorax

roll of copper

Strain in back lifting and twisting a roll of copper tape into machine

Job description
Operator CONTRACT EMPLOYEE
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
332618 — Cable, noninsulated wire, made from purchased wire
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
210
Total hours worked
539352
EIN
201095284
Establishment ID
1234411
Employer case #
14
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:55:00.000
Submitted
06MAR24:20:53:00

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.