Holland, MI ·
OSHA Injury Report: BuhlerPrince, Inc.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at BuhlerPrince, Inc. in 670 Windcrest Dr., Holland, MI 49423 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Builder in aluminum die-casting foundries.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BuhlerPrince, Inc.
- Parent company
- BuhlerPrince, Inc.
- Street
- 670 Windcrest Dr.
- City
- Holland
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 49423
- On-site location
- Sub Assembly floor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 10
Before the incident
The employee was assembling a lift cylinder a sub-assembly of a die casting machine. As he worked to install the piston weighing an estimated 50 pounds the seal popped out. He lifted the piston out of the cylinder by hand to fix the seal. With his left hand resting below the piston he began to reinsert the piston. As he reinserted the piston it became hung up on the seal. This caused his hand resting below the piston to shift into the path of the piston 's flange. The seal shifted allowing the piston to freely fall into place causing the flange to strike the lower portion of the employee 's left pinky finger.
What happened
When the piston 's flange struck the employee 's pinky finger the lower portion of his finger received a crush injury and laceration resulting in 7 stitches
Injury or illness
Crush injury and laceration to left pinky finger
Object or substance involved
Lift cylinder and corresponding piston
Summary line
Crush injury and laceration to left finger caused by lift cylinder piston
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Builder
- SOC code
- 51-2031: Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
- NAICS code
- 331523: Aluminum die-casting foundries
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 105
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 200,730
- EIN
- 382688390
- Establishment ID
- 827246
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 06:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-11
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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