Fontana, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Forged Metals Inc
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Forged Metals Inc in Fontana, CA 92337 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was hammer helper in hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Forged Metals Inc
- Parent company
- Forged Metals Inc
- Street
- 10685 Beech Ave
- City
- Fontana
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 92337
- On-site location
- 2000T Press
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Around [REDACTED] an IE was waiting at the 2T press. While he was waiting for direction from the blacksmith he took it upon himself to grab a punch and set it on the bottom die with gloves.
What happened
As the IE placed the punch on the die the punch started to fall off and tried to catch it. As a result the punch pinched crashed his left middle fingertip causing bleeding swelling with a laceration on his finger & nail.
Injury or illness
According to the X-ray results – a displaced fracture of distal phalanx (fracture on his fingertip)
Object or substance involved
The punch which weighted 75 lbs.
Summary line
The punch pinched crashed his left middle fingertip - fracture on his fingertip
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Hammer helper
- SOC code
- 51-4022 — Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plas
- NAICS code
- 332111 — Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 167
- Total hours worked
- 363282
- EIN
- 953755876
- Establishment ID
- 342963
- Employer case #
- S25_00002
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 16:00
- Time of incident
- 17:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 26JAN26:18:22:00
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.