Forest City, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Cummins-Meritor Forest City
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Cummins-Meritor Forest City in Forest City, NC 028E7 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in wheels (i.e., rims), automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Cummins-Meritor Forest City
- Street
- 160 Ash Street
- City
- Forest City
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 028E7
- On-site location
- brake line
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 148
Before the incident
employee completed his task on the axle and the axle did not move forward to the next station
What happened
The operator and their teammate were going to manually release the pallet stop to continue working. The operator pushed the axle back with one hand while using the other hand to lower the pallet stop
Injury or illness
amputation of finger tip
Object or substance involved
pallet stop axle
Summary line
right ring finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 336390 — Wheels (i.e., rims), automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 217
- Total hours worked
- 394153
- EIN
- 383371768
- Establishment ID
- 1109470
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 11:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 07FEB24:14:32:00
Source
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.