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OSHA Injury Report: GKN Sinter metals Conover

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at GKN Sinter metals Conover in CONOVER, NC 28613 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was engineer in powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis.

Establishment
GKN Sinter metals Conover
Parent company
GKN Sinter metals
Street
407 THORNBURG DRIVE SE
City
CONOVER
State
NC
ZIP
28613
On-site location
Sizing Area Tumble bowl
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

LEANING OVER THE BOWL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING INTO VIBRATORY BOWLS TO RETRIEVE THE NEW [REDACTED] OUT AS HE WAS WORKING ON GETTING 5000 PARTS OUT THE DOOR [REDACTED]. HE STRAINED HIS BACK FROM LEANING OVER THE BOWL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD

STRAIN TO LOWER BACK

STRAIN OR INJURED BY REACHING.

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING INTO VIBRATORY BOWLS TO RETRIEVE THE NEW [REDACTED] OUT AS HE WAS WORKING ON GETTING 5000 PARTS OUT THE DOOR [REDACTED]. HE STRAINED HIS BACK FROM LEANING OVER THE BOWL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD

Job description
Engineer
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
332117 — Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
50
Total hours worked
98349
EIN
383354796
Establishment ID
912986
Employer case #
2229
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
16:00:00.000
Submitted
02JAN24:16:41:00

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.