Newton, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: GKN Driveline Newton LLC
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at GKN Driveline Newton LLC in Newton, NC 28658 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in differential and rear axle assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- GKN Driveline Newton LLC
- Parent company
- GKN Automotive
- Street
- 1848 GKN Way
- City
- Newton
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28658
- On-site location
- Plant 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
While going to loosen the bolt on pinion 5 the mat slipped out from under employee causing them to lose balance. When they reached out to stop from falling their hand landed on the cutter head causing the blade to puncture through the glove and stab into the pad of their palm requiring 4 stitches.
What happened
While going to loosen the bolt on pinion 5 the mat slipped out from under employee causing them to lose balance. When they reached out to stop from falling their hand landed on the cutter head causing the blade to puncture through the glove and stab into the pad of their palm requiring 4 stitches.
Injury or illness
Laceration
Object or substance involved
Blade
Summary line
Laceration
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 336350 — Differential and rear axle assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 997
- Total hours worked
- 1786116
- EIN
- 21712139
- Establishment ID
- 1178194
- Employer case #
- 7
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:15:00.000
- Time of incident
- 23:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 27FEB24:19:39:00
Source
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.