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OSHA Injury Report: Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center in 2601 South 600 East, Columbia City, IN 46725 resulted in job transfer or restriction. 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 pit

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
40

Before the incident

normal work duties

What happened

Operator was in the casting wheel pit doing start up operator was pulling the start tube up out of the wheel when a piece of copper fell off and landed on the lip of their spat. Operator tried to brush the piece off with tongs when the piece fell down into their boot

Injury or illness

burn

Object or substance involved

hot copper

Summary line

burned leg

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 #
14

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
17:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01MAR24:01:18:00

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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.