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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 concast 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
concast mill

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
11

Before the incident

clearing a blowout

What happened

Operator was clearing a blowout from the mills. While smashing down the blowout the t-handle of the bar he used caught and the handle of the cutters that were on the mill side door causing them to fall off and hit him in the forehead

Injury or illness

tool fell on head

Object or substance involved

bolt cutters

Summary line

bolt cutter hit head

Employee and industry

Job description
Concast 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 #
13

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
5:45:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01MAR24:01:14:00

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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.