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OSHA Injury Report: Blough, Inc

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Blough, Inc in Lowell, MI 49331 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Setup in buffing and polishing machines, metalworking, manufacturing.

Establishment
Blough, Inc
Parent company
Blough, Inc
Street
9885 Centerline Rd
City
Lowell
State
MI
ZIP
49331
On-site location
Behind auto line #11
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
5

Checking wheels behind the automated line (#11) because buff was light. Operators forgot Setup was behind the line and started it. Employee did not follow proper Lock Out Tag Out procedures.

Employee 's coat sleeve was caught in the mechanics of the auto line. He was able to get to the emergency shut off but not before his right shoulder and lower back was strained.

Lower back and right shoulder strain. A week later the employee was reporting a bad headache and wanted to be seen by a doctor to make sure it was not somehow related to the incident.

The pull of the automated line on the employee 's coat sleeve and his attempt to free himself and or get to the emergency stop.

Back strain from his sleeve getting caught in the auto line. This jerked the EE 's arm and tweaked his back before he was able to shut down the line.

Job description
Maintenance Setup
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
333517 — Buffing and polishing machines, metalworking, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
44
Total hours worked
53587
EIN
382454371
Establishment ID
1240725
Employer case #
112737
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:15:00.000
Submitted
14APR24:04:56:00

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.