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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 welder 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
SA2 Weld Booth

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
11

Before the incident

Employee was welding bucket hangers

What happened

Employee states that he manually flipped the hanger on his weld table. Employee did not move his Right hand out of the way and his ring finger was smashed between the hanger and the table

Injury or illness

Fractured Right ring finger

Object or substance involved

Bucket hanger (steel part)

Summary line

Fractured Right ring finger from dropping steel part onto it

Employee and industry

Job description
Welder
SOC code
51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
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 #
71223

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
20:15:00.000
Time of incident
22:40:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
17JAN24:19:24:00

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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.