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

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at J.G. Kern Enterprises Inc. HQ in Sterling Heights, MI 48314 resulted in days away from work. Employee was hilo Driver 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
Loading Dock
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
11

Employee was driving hilo picked up doc plate up positioned it on dock it was offline so he got off the hilo and it was off a couple of inches so he grabbed under the dock plate to line it up it fell in place while he was still holding it he then pulled his hands back and the dock plate fractured his right index and right middle finger in multiple locations also stiches on index finger and severe tissue loss on right middle finger. (Dock plate - giant metal ramp for semi trucks for loading docks.

Employee was driving hilo picked up doc plate up positioned it on dock it was offline so he got off the hilo and it was off a couple of inches so he grabbed under the dock plate to line it up it fell in place while he was still holding it he then pulled his hands back and the dock plate fractured his right index and right middle finger in multiple locations also stiches on index finger and severe tissue loss on right middle finger. (Dock plate - giant metal ramp for semi trucks for loading docks.

Fractures and tissue loss to index and middle finger on right hand

Dock plate

Dock plate falling on right hand injuring index and middle finger

Job description
Hilo Driver
SOC code
53-7051 — Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
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 #
333
Date of incident
Shift started
5:38:00.000
Time of incident
6:00:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:21:40:00

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.