Greenville, SC ·
OSHA Injury Report: GENTHERM AUTOMOTIVE, LLC
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at GENTHERM AUTOMOTIVE, LLC in 120 Elcon Dr, Greenville, SC 29605 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was setUp Technician in gasoline engine parts, mechanical, automotive and truck, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- GENTHERM AUTOMOTIVE, LLC
- Parent company
- GENTHERM AUTOMOTIVE, LLC
- Street
- 120 Elcon Dr
- City
- Greenville
- State
- SC
- ZIP
- 29605
- On-site location
- Injection Molding Machine - near barrel
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee just completed the set-up process of D1 [REDACTED]; In process of start-up the D1 [REDACTED]
What happened
While employee was restarting D1 IMM he found that the sprue had frozen off and had to be removed. Press had been sitting and outgassing in the tool. During removal of sprue the stored gas (energy) was released and employee was struck by pieces of the sprue.
Injury or illness
While employee was restarting D1 IMM he found that the sprue had frozen off and had to be removed. Press had been sitting and outgassing in the tool. During removal of sprue the stored gas (energy) was released and employee was struck by pieces of the sprue to the face (nose mouth)
Object or substance involved
Sprue from IMM
Summary line
While employee was restarting [REDACTED] IMM he found that the sprue had frozen off and had to be removed. Press had been sitting and outgassing in the tool. During removal of sprue the stored gas (energy) was released and employee was struck by pieces of
Employee and industry
- Job description
- SetUp Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 336310: Gasoline engine parts, mechanical, automotive and truck, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 180
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 455,899
- EIN
- 272856135
- Establishment ID
- 451703
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 14:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-02
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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