Piney Flats, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Modern Forge
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Modern Forge
- Parent company
- Modern Group
- Street
- 501 Rock Lane
- City
- Piney Flats
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37686
- On-site location
- Hammer 1273
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
- Days restricted or transferred
- 104
Before the incident
He was running [REDACTED] using tongs.
What happened
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
Injury or illness
Broken R middle finger smashed between tongs
Object or substance involved
Tongs
Summary line
Broken R middle finger smashed between tongs
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 15:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 17JAN2025:16:32:00
Source
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.