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OSHA Injury Report: Modern Forge

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Modern Forge in Piney Flats, TN 37686 resulted in days away from work. Employee was hammerman in cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished.

Establishment
Modern Forge
Parent company
Modern Group
Street
501 Rock Lane
City
Piney Flats
State
TN
ZIP
37686
On-site location
Hammer 1273
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5
Days restricted or transferred
104

He was running [REDACTED] using tongs.

He accidently engaged the hammer pedal prematurely which caused the hammer to strike his tongs which in turn smashed his right middle finger because his right middle finger was between the tong 's handles

Broken R middle finger smashed between tongs

Tongs

Broken R middle finger smashed between tongs

Job description
Hammerman
SOC code
51-4031 — Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
332111 — Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
145
Total hours worked
321280
EIN
270474248
Establishment ID
997667
Employer case #
2024-4
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
15:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
17JAN2025:16:32:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.