Fort Wayne, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Fort Wayne
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne, IN 46809 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was operator II in profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Fort Wayne
- Parent company
- Mitsubishi Chemical Group
- Street
- 2710 American Way
- City
- Fort Wayne
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46809
- On-site location
- MediTECH REX Line 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
The employee was walking between MediTECH Line #1 and Line #2 inspecting extruded product for flow and contamination.
What happened
The employee bent over and forward between the extruder and the pole where the hanger was mounted upon repositioning his body to an upright position the employees ear made contact with the lid of the hanger mount causing a small laceration to the left ear lobe.
Injury or illness
laceration to the left ear lobe.
Object or substance involved
The thin sheet metal lid for the hanger mount.
Summary line
Laceration to Left Ear lobe from contact with a metal hanger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator II
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326121 — Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 93
- Total hours worked
- 212802
- EIN
- 510406796
- Establishment ID
- 65955
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 4:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 6:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 29JAN24:20:59:00
Source
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.