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OSHA Injury Report: Cummins-Meritor Plainfield

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Cummins-Meritor Plainfield in Plainfield, IN 462E6 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was production Specialist in brake and brake parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.

Establishment
Cummins-Meritor Plainfield
Parent company
Meritor, Inc.
Street
849 Whitaker Road, Suite A
City
Plainfield
State
IN
ZIP
462E6
On-site location
De-Lining
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was training on manual de-liner machines. They had just completed de-riveting one used brake liner from the brake shoe when they attempted to remove the used liner and throw it in the waste bin.

Employee left foot in actuator pedal housing and shifted their weight inadvertently actuating the press pin which contacted the metal brake shoe. Employee had their RH thumb between the metal brake shoe and used liner they were removing which was smashed when the press pin pressed into the brake shoe metal.

Fractured right hand digit 1 (thumb)

Used brake shoe and lining manual de-lining machine

[REDACTED] fracture- caught between brake shoe and liner

Job description
Production Specialist
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
336340 — Brake and brake parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
290
Total hours worked
683335
EIN
383354643
Establishment ID
1149752
Employer case #
CM-PLA-23-
Date of incident
Shift started
16:00:00.000
Time of incident
18:50:00.000
Submitted
22FEB24:20:25:00

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.