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OSHA Injury Report: Kautex Avilla

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Kautex Avilla in Avilla, IN 46710 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was qUA Quality Control Tech II in gas tanks assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.

Establishment
Kautex Avilla
Parent company
Kautex Textron
Street
210 Green Dr
City
Avilla
State
IN
ZIP
46710
On-site location
Plant quality testing area.
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Quality testing on component.

Employee had component in vice grips tool was pulled and component slipped out of vice grips and cut left forearm causing a laceration.

Left forearm laceration with stitches.

Component being handled by employee.

Left forearm laceration. Component that was being handled by employee slipped out of vice grips tool and caught left forearm causing a laceration.

Job description
QUA Quality Control Tech II
SOC code
51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
NAICS code
336390 — Gas tanks assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
356
Total hours worked
7606600
Establishment ID
199973
Employer case #
2023-20771
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:00:00.000
Submitted
25JAN24:18:21:00

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.