Fletcher, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Cummins-Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Cummins-Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC in 1000 Rockwell Drive, Fletcher, NC 28732 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was gearing Machinist in vehicle Power train components mfg..
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Cummins-Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC
- Parent company
- Cummins-Meritor
- Street
- 1000 Rockwell Drive
- City
- Fletcher
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28732
- On-site location
- Gearing - Cut Line
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Performing a Cutter Change
What happened
Operator was in the process of a cutter change on V cutter. The adapter nut that was screwed into the bottom of the cutter was stuck and he was trying to get it to break free. He was using a large pair of channel locks to try and spin the adapter nut off. When that didn 't work he then used the channel locks to try and hit the adapter nut to loosen it. He swung the channel locks in a back hand motion and as the channel locks made contact with the adapter nut his right hand middle knuckle made contact with one of the cutter blades puncturing the skin on his hand with an laceration that went to the bone.
Injury or illness
Right Middle Finger Laceration
Object or substance involved
Cutter Blade
Summary line
Right Middle Finger Laceration Hand struck against cutter blade during a changeover
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Gearing Machinist
- SOC code
- 51-4041: Machinists
- NAICS code
- 336390: Vehicle Power train components mfg.
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 671
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,225,249
- EIN
- 383354643
- Establishment ID
- 1024217
- Employer case #
- 6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 05:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-29
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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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