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OSHA Injury Report: Advanced Materials Development

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Advanced Materials Development in 2300 E. Cardinal Drive, Columbia City, IN 46725 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was melt Technician in steel wire drawing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Advanced Materials Development
Parent company
Fort Wayne Metals Research Products LLC
Street
2300 E. Cardinal Drive
City
Columbia City
State
IN
ZIP
46725
On-site location
The VAR Bunker Wall

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
122

Before the incident

Employee was moving the melt crucible to the VAR.

What happened

Employee was moving melt crucible to VAR to put into position to melt when the employees hand was caught between the crucible and the VAR bunker wall causing crush to left pinky finger.

Injury or illness

Caught in between: finger

Object or substance involved

Melt crucible and the VAR bunker wall

Summary line

Left pinky finger crush. Caught in between: finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Melt Technician
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
331222 — Steel wire drawing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
71
Total hours worked
132971
EIN
351186549
Establishment ID
577756
Employer case #
R2023-11

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
23:00:00.000
Time of incident
5:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
27FEB24:19:46:00

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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.