CONOVER, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: GKN Sinter metals Conover
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at GKN Sinter metals Conover in 407 THORNBURG DRIVE SE, CONOVER, NC 28613 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was operator in powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- GKN Sinter metals Conover
- Parent company
- GKN Sinter metals
- Street
- 407 THORNBURG DRIVE SE
- City
- CONOVER
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28613
- On-site location
- Sintering area Machine F01
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee had just come off break.
What happened
Employee was operating furnace [REDACTED] while straightening misaligned pans at the entrance of the furnace a sintering puck fragment punctured the operators left thumb.
Injury or illness
Minor puncture to the left thumb.
Object or substance involved
Sliver of graphite from a parts tray.
Summary line
Employee was operating furnace [REDACTED] while straightening misaligned pans at the entrance of the furnace a sintering puck fragment punctured the operators left thumb.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199: Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 332117: Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 50
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 98,349
- EIN
- 383354796
- Establishment ID
- 912986
- Employer case #
- 2220
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 21:00
- Time of incident
- 21:42
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-02
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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