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OSHA Injury Report: Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Plant

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Plant in Fort Wayne, IN 468E6 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was technician in copper products made by rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased copper.

Establishment
Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Plant
Parent company
Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc.
Street
4300 New Haven Ave
City
Fort Wayne
State
IN
ZIP
468E6
On-site location
Maintnenace
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was polishing a shaft using a small lathe in maintenance. He was using emery cloth partially wrapped around the shaft.

He reported that suddenly the cloth was pulled toward the shaft pulling it out of his hand.

This resulted in a laceration to his left index finger.

Emery cloth

Left index finger laceration

Job description
Technician
SOC code
17-3023 — Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
NAICS code
331420 — Copper products made by rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased copper
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
126
Total hours worked
259943
Establishment ID
472356
Employer case #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:15:00.000
Submitted
28JAN24:14:48:00

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.