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OSHA Injury Report: Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center in 2601 South 600 East, Columbia City, IN 46725 resulted in days away from work. Employee was shaver Op in copper products made in integrated secondary smelting mills and drawing plants.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center
Street
2601 South 600 East
City
Columbia City
State
IN
ZIP
46725
On-site location
shaver

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
20

Before the incident

moving scrap coil

What happened

Employee was putting a scrap coil on the table and the coil was to big for it. The weight that was hanging off of the table caused the coil to fall onto the employees foot. [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] were near and heard the coil slide and turned in time to see the coil and employee falling onto the floor. Both of them were able to get a strap around the coil and use the crane to lift it of the employees foot.

Injury or illness

coil fell on foot

Object or substance involved

CU coil

Summary line

[REDACTED] fell on foot

Employee and industry

Job description
Shaver Op
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
331420 — Copper products made in integrated secondary smelting mills and drawing plants
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
65
Total hours worked
158816
Establishment ID
1186648
Employer case #
8

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01MAR24:00:37:00

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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.