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OSHA Injury Report: OFS Somerset Labs and Specialty Photonics Division

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at OFS Somerset Labs and Specialty Photonics Division in Somerset, NJ 08873 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Technician in glass fiber, optical, made in glass making plants.

Establishment
OFS Somerset Labs and Specialty Photonics Division
Parent company
OFS Fitel
Street
25 Schoolhouse Road
City
Somerset
State
NJ
ZIP
08873
On-site location
Bldg. 19 B122 NE Corner of Lab
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
15

Attempting to open a locked stacked industrial steel cabinet using a pry bar.

Leaning the cabinet forward to gain access the cabinet slipped and pinched right hand specifically right ring finger.

Injury - Caught between >300 lbs. cabinet and an adjacent wall mounted shelf cabinet.

stacked industrial steel cabinet

laceration and crushing injury to right ring finger

Job description
Maintenance Technician
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
327212 — Glass fiber, optical, made in glass making plants
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
81
Total hours worked
166928
EIN
621864622
Establishment ID
358234
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:05:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:19:14:00

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.