Grand Rapids, MI —
OSHA Injury Report: Hutchinson Antivibration (Grand Rapids)
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Hutchinson Antivibration (Grand Rapids) in Grand Rapids, MI 49503 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was molding Technician in mechanical rubber goods (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Hutchinson Antivibration (Grand Rapids)
- Parent company
- Hutchinson Antivibration - Grand Rapids
- Street
- 460 Fuller Avenue NE
- City
- Grand Rapids
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 49503
- On-site location
- Molding Area (desma 4)
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 83
Before the incident
2 Employee (Qualified Mold Tech) was called to Desma 4 due to the machine not running. During the troubleshooting process the tech removed the window in the press door to access a sensor inside the press which was determined to be the issue. While determining the real root cause the employee was leaning into the machine resulting in the door being pushed off the sensor activating the door to open (travel upwards).
What happened
The movement of the door pinned the employee who was reaching into the machine at the time against the mold heater burning his left arm.
Injury or illness
2nd and 3rd degree burns on right arm and elbow.
Object or substance involved
The Mold heater.
Summary line
Second degree burns on right arm and third degree burns on right elbow from pressing against mold heater.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Molding Technician
- SOC code
- 51-4072 — Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, an
- NAICS code
- 326291 — Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 370
- Total hours worked
- 588574
- EIN
- 382708017
- Establishment ID
- 1417560
- Employer case #
- 25-2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 12FEB26:15:24:00
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.