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OSHA Injury Report: Bekaert Corporation

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Bekaert Corporation in Orrville, OH 44667 resulted in days away from work. Employee was assistant 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
IH1 Take-up
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5

Banding a skid

Injured assistant operator was banding a skid of product near the take-up. While doing this the Machine Operator was reattaching the coverplate to the take-up. While rotating the coverplate on the jib crane the coverplate struck the assistant operator banding the coil in the back.

Back strain & contusion

Coverplate hitting back

Back strain contusion caused from coverplate

Job description
Assistant 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 #
6
Date of incident
Shift started
16:00:00.000
Time of incident
23:30:00.000
Submitted
26JAN24:18:50:00

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.