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OSHA Injury Report: Niles Precision Company

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Niles Precision Company in Niles, MI 49120 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was machinist in aircraft assemblies, subassemblies, and parts (except engines) manufacturing.

Establishment
Niles Precision Company
Parent company
Niles Precision Co., Inc
Street
1308 Fort Street
City
Niles
State
MI
ZIP
49120
On-site location
Lathe Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Removing an 8 inch chuck from the spindle of a CNC lathe

The operator neglected to use a support bar inside of the chuck spindle bore and or use the available and portable chuck removing crane when the chuck was unscrewed from the last thread the chuck dropped slightly and momentarily pinched the operators hand between the chuck and a part unloader actuator valve located a few inches below the spindle.

Pinched the fourth and fifth digit on his right hand cutting both fingers

Eight inch chuck and actuator body

Cut ring and little finger on right hand

Job description
Machinist
SOC code
51-4041 — Machinists
NAICS code
336413 — Aircraft assemblies, subassemblies, and parts (except engines) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
160
Total hours worked
304017
EIN
381351498
Establishment ID
901315
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
12:00:00.000
Time of incident
16:50:00.000
Submitted
05FEB24:15:47:00

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