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OSHA Injury Report: Modern Forge

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Modern Forge in Piney Flats, TN 37686 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was trim Die Supervisor 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
Die chute storage, outside
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

He was using a forklift to retrieve a steel chute in the chute storage area

He needed to rotate the chute 180 degrees for proper installation. He lifted the chute off the rack with the forks then backed up into a clear area. He raised the forks to waist height. The forks were spread far apart. He got off the forklift to manually spin the chute on the forks. As he was spinning the chute it fell between the forks and landed on the top of his left foot

Contusion on L foot while spinning chute on forks

Die chute

Contusion on L foot while spinning chute on forks

Job description
Trim Die Supervisor
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
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 #
2024-5
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
8:45
Filing year
2024
Submitted
17JAN2025:16:46:00

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.