Depew, NY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Buffalo Tungsten
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Buffalo Tungsten in 2 Main St, Depew, NY 14043 resulted in days away from work. Employee was welder in secondary refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Buffalo Tungsten
- Parent company
- Buffalo Tungsten Inc
- Street
- 2 Main St
- City
- Depew
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 14043
- On-site location
- NEAR 3 TUBE FURNACE
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 44
Before the incident
LIFTING FURNACE PARTS
What happened
EMPLOYEE FELT A TWEAK IN HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING FURNACE PARTS. THE NEXT DAY HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHEN IT BECAME PAINFUL
Injury or illness
BACK INJURY
Object or substance involved
HEAVY FURNACE PARTS
Summary line
BACK STRAIN
Employee and industry
- Job description
- WELDER
- SOC code
- 51-4121: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 331492: Secondary refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 49
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 95,627
- EIN
- 161301171
- Establishment ID
- 1059852
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-30
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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