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OSHA Injury Report: Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton in Elkton, MI 48731 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was production Operator in motor vehicle metal parts stamping.

Establishment
Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton
Street
81 Drettmann Drive
City
Elkton
State
MI
ZIP
48731
On-site location
Assembly 537
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Walking back from the assembly break room.

The employee was walking back to assembly [REDACTED] from the break room when they stopped at assembly [REDACTED] to pick up their bag they left on a roller rack. When picking it up they hit the outside of their right leg on a tab on the roller rack resulting in a laceration.

laceration to the right leg

metal tab of roller rack

Laceration Cut Lower Leg(below knee) Right Side Container Tote Box Pallet WIP Rack Shipping Rack

Job description
Production Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
336370 — Motor vehicle metal parts stamping
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
337
Total hours worked
764906
Establishment ID
1107583
Employer case #
2023-339
Date of incident
Shift started
18:30:00.000
Time of incident
23:30:00.000
Submitted
12FEB24:20:02:00

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.