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OSHA Injury Report: Hitachi Astemo

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Hitachi Astemo in BLANCHESTER, OH 45107 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was casting Associate in motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories.

Establishment
Hitachi Astemo
Parent company
Hitachi Astemo
Street
960 Cherry St.
City
BLANCHESTER
State
OH
ZIP
45107
On-site location
Casting - GDC Buffing area
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Buffing excess flashing off of parts.

Employee was buffing [REDACTED] on a belt buffer when the part kicked off the belt and employee hit left hand on the metal lip. Causing a Non-displaced fracture of distal phalanx of the left middle finger.

Non-displaced fracture of distal phalanx of the left middle finger

Metal frame of the buffer

Fracture to finger when employee was buffing Gear Housing on a belt buffer part kicked off the belt and employee hit left hand on the metal lip.

Job description
Casting Associate
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
336330 — Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
185
Total hours worked
327647
EIN
311202270
Establishment ID
919083
Employer case #
2023-0001
Date of incident
Shift started
22:00:00.000
Time of incident
0:45:00.000
Submitted
19JAN24:16:46:00

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.