Mills River, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Linamar Light Metals-MR
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Linamar Light Metals-MR in 490 Ferncliff Park Drive, Mills River, NC 28732 resulted in days away from work. Employee was automation Tech in aluminum die-casting foundries.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Linamar Light Metals-MR
- Parent company
- Linamar
- Street
- 490 Ferncliff Park Drive
- City
- Mills River
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28732
- On-site location
- DCM 44005
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 88
Before the incident
Employee was working to complete a [REDACTED] Preventative Maintenance Task While doing this Employee began checking the bolts on the base of the robot for torque While pulling on the torque wrench Employee slipped causing employee to lose balance and fall from the top of the spray robot platform landing in the pit Employee did not hit his head during the fall but was experiencing severe pain in his left ankle and lower back Employee was conscious and speaking EMS arrived and took employee to Mission Hospital in [REDACTED]
What happened
Employee was working to complete a [REDACTED] Preventative Maintenance Task While doing this Employee began checking the bolts on the base of the robot for torque While pulling on the torque wrench Employee slipped causing employee to lose balance and fall from the top of the spray robot platform landing in the pit Employee did not hit his head during the fall but was experiencing severe pain in his left ankle and lower back Employee was conscious and speaking EMS arrived and took employee to Mission Hospital in [REDACTED]
Injury or illness
Herniated Displaced Ruptured Disc Back Lower Back
Object or substance involved
Floor
Summary line
Employee was working to complete a [REDACTED] Preventative Maintenance Task While doing this Employee began checking the bolts on the base of the robot for torque While pulling on the torque wrench Employee slipped causing employee to lose balance
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Automation Tech
- SOC code
- 17-3026: Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- NAICS code
- 331523: Aluminum die-casting foundries
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 567
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,113,469
- EIN
- 475476316
- Establishment ID
- 1154823
- Employer case #
- 438
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 03:15
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-26
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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