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OSHA Injury Report: Werk-Brau

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Werk-Brau in 2800 FOSTORIA AVE, FINDLAY, OH 45840 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machinist in buckets, excavating (e.g., clamshell, concrete, drag scraper, dragline, shovel), manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Werk-Brau
Parent company
Werk-Brau Co., Inc.
Street
2800 FOSTORIA AVE
City
FINDLAY
State
OH
ZIP
45840
On-site location
Machine Shop

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
9

Before the incident

Employee was sorting steel parts from multiple carts and stacking them onto another cart.

What happened

Employee states he had lifted 2 or 3 steel parts (15.75 pounds part). As the parts were in his hand employee states he dropped the parts and his Left ring finger tip was smashed between the parts in his hand and the parts on the cart.

Injury or illness

Left Ring finger tuft fracture and laceration

Object or substance involved

Steel parts

Summary line

Left middle finger tip fracture after impact from parts

Employee and industry

Job description
Machinist
SOC code
51-4041 — Machinists
NAICS code
333120 — Buckets, excavating (e.g., clamshell, concrete, drag scraper, dragline, shovel), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
178
Total hours worked
328534
EIN
344456894
Establishment ID
138256
Employer case #
50123

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
20:15:00.000
Time of incident
5:15:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
17JAN24:19:01:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.