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OSHA Injury Report: Mahle Engine Components

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Mahle Engine Components in McConnelsville, OH 43756 resulted in days away from work. Employee was foundry Operator in primary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum).

Establishment
Mahle Engine Components
Parent company
Mahle Engine Components
Street
5130 State Route 60 NW
City
McConnelsville
State
OH
ZIP
43756
On-site location
East Casting line at the Rough Slitter
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Employee was lifting the guard with his right hand and pointing to an area inside of the cutter guard with the left hand to show something to the Supervisor.

Employee was lifting the guard with the right hand and pointing to an area inside of the cutter guard with the left hand to show something to the Supervisor. At the same time maintenance technician held the magnet up to the interlock switch on a different entry gate and suddenly the cutter started to rotate and amputated employees left hand around the wrist.

Amputation of the left hand

Employee 's hand ended up caught in a pinch point in the cutter.

Left hand amputation by cutter

Job description
Foundry Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
331410 — Primary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
57
Total hours worked
113067
Establishment ID
187320
Employer case #
27
Date of incident
Shift started
14:45:00.000
Time of incident
20:15:00.000
Submitted
27FEB24:16:12:00

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.