Racine, WI —
OSHA Injury Report: Twin Disc, Inc.
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Twin Disc, Inc. in Racine, WI 53405 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was tester in automatic transmissions, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Twin Disc, Inc.
- Parent company
- Twin Disc, Inc.
- Street
- 4600 21st St.
- City
- Racine
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 53405
- On-site location
- HPTO Test Stand Dept 310
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
The employee was running the [REDACTED] on the HPTO test stand in department 310. A key was assembled into the shaft came out from the keyway almost immediately while ramping to 700RPM 's.
What happened
The key came out of the shaft and struck the employee in the forehead and right cheek. He was on the left side of the test stand. The key is not normally installed into the shaft and was not directly visible during initial inspection therefore the employee could not see nor was that process to check part of the normal work instruction. A full review of the process has been completed along with a safety alert and stand down in the area to discuss with all employees with in 8 hours of the incident.
Injury or illness
Laceration on the forehead and right cheek.
Object or substance involved
Shaft Ket
Summary line
Facial laceration (forehead right cheek)
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Tester
- SOC code
- 51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- NAICS code
- 336350 — Automatic transmissions, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 203
- Total hours worked
- 386703
- Establishment ID
- 1118285
- Employer case #
- 12303
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 5:55:00.000
- Submitted
- 09FEB24:21:53:00
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.