Jefferson, OH —
OSHA Injury Report: Ken Forging Inc.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Ken Forging Inc. in Jefferson, OH 44047 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was hammerman in drop hammers, metal forging and shaping, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ken Forging Inc.
- Parent company
- Ken Forging Inc.
- Street
- 1049 Griggs Road
- City
- Jefferson
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 44047
- On-site location
- Forge
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 93
Before the incident
Loading steel bars into induction machine.
What happened
Employee 's right hand thumb was crushed between two steel bars when his thumb was in a pinch point while the induction machine was loading bars.
Injury or illness
Right hand thumb phalanx fracture.
Object or substance involved
Steel Bar
Summary line
Employee was using right hand in attempt to unjam a steel bar loaded in induction machine when it was activated causing another bar to drop into loader and on their thumb. This resulted in a right hand thumb phalanx fracture.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Hammerman
- SOC code
- 51-4022 — Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plas
- NAICS code
- 333517 — Drop hammers, metal forging and shaping, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 139
- Total hours worked
- 288001
- EIN
- 341160613
- Establishment ID
- 192010
- Employer case #
- 325
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 12:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 21JAN26:22:03:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.