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OSHA Injury Report: Kanthal Corporation

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Kanthal Corporation in 119 Wooster Street, Bethel, CT 06801 resulted in days away from work. Employee was heavy Wire Drawer in bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Kanthal Corporation
Parent company
Kanthal Corp.
Street
119 Wooster Street
City
Bethel
State
CT
ZIP
06801
On-site location
Heavy Wire Drawing machine

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
31

Before the incident

Employee was drawing wire on the wire drawing machine.

What happened

employee used wrong size diameter die which caused the wire to splinter. Employee then grabbed the splintered wire to clean out the debris which caused a laceration to his right index finger.

Injury or illness

Laceration on right index finger

Object or substance involved

The splintered wire

Summary line

Laceration on right index finger from metal wire splintering

Employee and industry

Job description
Heavy Wire Drawer
SOC code
51-4021 — Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
331491 — Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
84
Total hours worked
158329
EIN
61057960
Establishment ID
961766
Employer case #
3

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
23:00:00.000
Time of incident
4:15:00.000
Submitted
02FEB24:18:54:00

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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.