Winamace, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: BraunAbility
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at BraunAbility in Winamace, IN 46996 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was welder in assembly plants, passenger car, on chassis of own manufacture.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BraunAbility
- Parent company
- The Braun Corporation
- Street
- 631 West 11th Street
- City
- Winamace
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46996
- On-site location
- Wav2 Station 5
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
The employee was welding a part under a van.
What happened
The employee was underneath a Toyota van welding a cap under the wheel well when a glob of weld splatter landed in the employee 's right ear. The employee was wearing hearing protection at the time the hearing protection caught on fire resulting in a burn.
Injury or illness
Burn with eschar to right ear
Object or substance involved
Fire from weld splatter
Summary line
Burn to right ear
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder
- SOC code
- 51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Braze-rs
- NAICS code
- 336111 — Assembly plants, passenger car, on chassis of own manufacture
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 1100
- Total hours worked
- 2152877
- EIN
- 351282638
- Establishment ID
- 86965
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:30
- Time of incident
- 13:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 07JAN2025:18:34:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.