Hanover, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: R. H. Sheppard Co., Inc.
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at R. H. Sheppard Co., Inc. in Hanover, PA 17331 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was quality Tech in power steering pumps manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- R. H. Sheppard Co., Inc.
- Parent company
- R.H. Sheppard Inc. Co.
- Street
- 101 Philadelphia Street
- City
- Hanover
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17331
- On-site location
- MTO Room P6
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Assisting with moving a CMM machine.
What happened
A team of three employees was moving a CMM machine into place in the [REDACTED] room at [REDACTED]. The EE noticed the rubber pad on one corner of the machine had fallen off and went to replace it. At the same time the operator of the floorwalker asked the other employee if it was clear to lower the machine. That employee acknowledged that it was clear without checking with the EE who was replacing the rubber pad. The operator of the floorwalker then lowered the machine and ended up catching the EE’s hand between the machine and the ground. Result was two broken fingers on the left hand.
Injury or illness
Nondisplaced intra-articular comminuted fractures to the proximal phalanxes of the middle and index fingers.
Object or substance involved
CMM machine.
Summary line
Hand fracture from CMM machine being lowered onto EE 's hand during move
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Quality Tech
- SOC code
- 51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- NAICS code
- 336330 — Power steering pumps manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 505
- Total hours worked
- 1014343
- EIN
- 231269236
- Establishment ID
- 708487
- Employer case #
- 6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 10:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23JAN26:17:54:00
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.