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OSHA Injury Report: Charter Wire LLC

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Charter Wire LLC in 3700 W Milwaukee Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53208 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Mechanic in cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Charter Wire LLC
Parent company
Charter Manufacturing
Street
3700 W Milwaukee Rd
City
Milwaukee
State
WI
ZIP
53208
On-site location
Rolling Line 2 Mill 8

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
7

Before the incident

Employee was performing a tool change on Line 2.

What happened

Employee was pushing a cart and the cart got stuck in a divot in the concrete.

Injury or illness

Strain of the lower back muscles.

Object or substance involved

Exerting while pushing a cart.

Summary line

Lower back strain while lifting Mill bar

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
331221 — Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
110
Total hours worked
264000
EIN
391138388
Establishment ID
1073995
Employer case #
01

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
17FEB2025:13:52:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.