OSHA Injury Report: Lynx Napoleon Spring Works

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was setting up machine for use and was feeding material through the tooling die.

What happened

The employee failed to relieve air pressure from the machine during set up which provides pressure to a sliding tooling. As the material was being jogged the material snagged on the die causing it to slide toward the resisting pressure. The employee placed his hand near a hazardous pinch point while attempting to use a provided tool to align the material through the track of the die. When the material passed through the track the resisting air pressure shifted the sliding tooling back to its original position pinching his finger causing a laceration.

Injury or illness

Laceration and minor fracture to left index finger later resulting in an outpatient procedure.

Object or substance involved

Movement of sliding steel tooling retracting during set up.

Summary line

Laceration to left finger; Pinch point requiring stitches

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.