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OSHA Injury Report: J.G. Kern Enterprises Inc. HQ

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at J.G. Kern Enterprises Inc. HQ in Sterling Heights, MI 48314 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was operator in universal joints, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.

Establishment
J.G. Kern Enterprises Inc. HQ
Parent company
J.G. Kern Enterprises Inc.
Street
44044 Merrill Road
City
Sterling Heights
State
MI
ZIP
48314
On-site location
Clean Room Shaft Line
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

She said that she placed the part in the cup and it indexed over (slide) pinched her thumb. Once the part is placed in the cup it indexes over to the right so the part can go down the conveyor. Supervisor says: it seems as if something distracted her for this to happen.

She said that she placed the part in the cup and it indexed over (slide) pinched her thumb. Once the part is placed in the cup it indexes over to the right so the part can go down the conveyor. Supervisor says: it seems as if something distracted her for this to happen.

Laceration crush of left thumb

openings in conveyor

Pinched left thumb in conveyor

Job description
Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
336350 — Universal joints, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
311
Total hours worked
656882
EIN
381961152
Establishment ID
967497
Employer case #
310
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:00:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:16:12:00

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.