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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 machine Operator 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
Muffler Machine
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
78

Operating the muffler machine (loading and unloading). [REDACTED] stated that he was distracted by the OSHA rep walking past and he let go of the device that keeps the machine from closing. It then closed and pinched and cut his pinky finger on his left hand.

When the employee released the device that keeps the muffler loading area open it snapped closed and cut and pinched his pinky finger on his left hand.

Left hand pinky finger was cut and pinched in the muffler machine.

The muffler machine closest to the Quality Tech.

Pinky on left hand was pinched and cut while loading and unloading the muffler machine it closed on his pinky.

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
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 #
83-0015422
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:25:00.000
Submitted
14APR24:05:25:00

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.