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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 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
P08 P16 Vertical bandsaw
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3
Days restricted or transferred
56

Cutting a wood wedge with vertical bandsaw

Injured machine operator was in the process of cutting a wedge for the scrap chopper break. While cutting the wedge the cut finished unexpectedly and the operator 's hand slipped forward and cut the knuckle of the right index finger.

Laceration right index finger laceration extension tendon right index finger

Vertical bandsaw blade

Laceration to the right index finger from vertical bandsaw

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 #
7
Date of incident
Shift started
4:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:15:00.000
Submitted
26JAN24:18:58:00

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.