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 maintenance Tech 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
- Maintenance Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning up the maintenance area.
What happened
Employee was putting scrap metal into a bin a bigger piece of metal in the bin shifted as he was moving to put the metal in the bin. The movement of the larger piece of metal caused the employee to jerk his hand out of the way. While in the motion of moving his hand out of the way the right hand middle finger was lacerated. Cut was 3cm long x 5mm deep
Injury or illness
Laceration to the right hand middle finger
Object or substance involved
Sharp edge on a metal tray.
Summary line
Employee was putting scrap metal into a bin a bigger piece of metal in the bin shifted as he was moving to put the metal in the bin. The movement of the larger piece of metal caused the employee to jerk his hand out of the way. While in the motion of mov
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Tech
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- 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 #
- 2227
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 08:10
- 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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