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OSHA Injury Report: OmniSource, LLC. - Media

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at OmniSource, LLC. - Media in 2001 Eat Pontiac St. Building 8, Fort Wayne, IN 46803 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was laborer in metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
OmniSource, LLC. - Media
Parent company
OmniSource, LLC.
Street
2001 Eat Pontiac St. Building 8
City
Fort Wayne
State
IN
ZIP
46803
On-site location
Near Pre-wash tank and HMS Roto-Seize area

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
55

Before the incident

Moving steel drain cover plate back into place.

What happened

Employee was cleaning up spilled media and water from a broken pipe. As part of the cleanup he moved the steel cover plate off the floor drain so he could shovel all the spilled media and water into the drain. When the cleanup was finished he lifted the cover plate to slide it back into place but somehow he lost his grip and the steel plate fell onto his finger. This caused the plate to cut off the tip of his right ring finger.

Injury or illness

Right ring finger tip amputation.

Object or substance involved

Steel metal plate.

Summary line

Finger tip amputation; Steel plate

Employee and industry

Job description
Laborer
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
423930 — Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
23
Total hours worked
42555
Establishment ID
967660
Employer case #
23_858

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
0:00:00.000
Submitted
16FEB24:15:02:00

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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.