Merrillville, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Modern Forge Indiana
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Modern Forge Indiana in Merrillville, IN 46410 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was tooling Repairman in drop forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Modern Forge Indiana
- Parent company
- Modern Forge Indiana
- Street
- 8757 Colorado Street
- City
- Merrillville
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46410
- On-site location
- Tool Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
While usning a grinder on steel die a piece of steel went into his left eye. He didn 't notice any issues until the [REDACTED].
What happened
While operating a grinder and making changes in a die got a piece of steel in his eye.
Injury or illness
Foreign object entered left eye causing rust ring with steel scale
Object or substance involved
Foreign object
Summary line
Foreign object entered left eye.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Tooling Repairman
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 332111 — Drop forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 215
- Total hours worked
- 371277
- EIN
- 451859384
- Establishment ID
- 541396
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 26JAN24:18:50:00
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.