Porter, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Worthington Steel Porter
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Worthington Steel Porter in Porter, IN 46304 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was press Operator I in rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Worthington Steel Porter
- Parent company
- Worthington Industries, Inc.
- Street
- 100 Worthington Dr
- City
- Porter
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46304
- On-site location
- Porter 1500 Ton Danly Automatic Feed Press
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 24
Before the incident
using a pry bar as a hammer to knock down the skeleton that had “bunched” up in the die.
What happened
Around [REDACTED] [REDACTED] he was using a pry bar as a hammer to knock down the skeleton that had “bunched” up in the die. He came down and caught his finger between the pry bar and a bottom portion of the die. He said that he cannot put pressure on it.
Injury or illness
Contusion
Object or substance involved
Pry bar
Summary line
Contusion to Right Fingers incl. Thumb caused by Pry bar
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Press Operator I
- SOC code
- 51-4031 — Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- NAICS code
- 331221 — Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 164
- Total hours worked
- 324703
- EIN
- 311585233
- Establishment ID
- 1211120
- Employer case #
- IN20230504
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 13:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 20:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 02MAR24:02:25:00
Source
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.