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 engineer 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
- Sizing Area Tumble bowl
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
LEANING OVER THE BOWL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME
What happened
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
Injury or illness
STRAIN TO LOWER BACK
Object or substance involved
STRAIN OR INJURED BY REACHING.
Summary line
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
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Engineer
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- 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 #
- 2229
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 16:00
- 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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