El Paso, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: Southwire El Paso
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Southwire El Paso in 7811 Hoover Dr., El Paso, TX 79912 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was extruder Operator in insulated wire or cable made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Southwire El Paso
- Parent company
- Southwire
- Street
- 7811 Hoover Dr.
- City
- El Paso
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 79912
- On-site location
- TFN Drum Packer
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Team member was changing drums into the rum packer.
What happened
Team member was changing drum from the drum packer at STFN when he opened the accumulators to drop the wire into the new drum the wire got stuck at the guide rods. Team member then proceeded to try to pull down the wires from the guide rods when there was a Lump fault which triggered the bottom fingers of the accumulator to close. Team members hand was struck by fingers resulting in a puncture wound to TM R hand.
Injury or illness
puncture wound to right hand
Object or substance involved
accumulator fingers
Summary line
accumulater actuated puncuturing the team members right hand
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Extruder Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4021: Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- NAICS code
- 331420: Insulated wire or cable made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 230
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 452,937
- EIN
- 582020515
- Establishment ID
- 1270794
- Employer case #
- USELPASO24
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:30
- Time of incident
- 12:45
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-24
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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