Warren, MI —
OSHA Injury Report: Hercules Tooling Group Warren
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Hercules Tooling Group Warren in Warren, MI 48089 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Tech in jigs and fixtures for use with machine tools manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Hercules Tooling Group Warren
- Parent company
- ArtiFlex Manufacturing
- Street
- 13920 E. 10 Mile Rd.
- City
- Warren
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 48089
- On-site location
- Maintenance Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 100
- Days restricted or transferred
- 21
Before the incident
[REDACTED] was grinding in the shop. While twisting he felt a pop in his back. He believed at the time that this was due to a non-work-related back condition he suffers from but later found out that he ruptured a disc. The physician states it is work related due to the twisting motion.
What happened
Due to the twisting and moving around in awkward positions his swollen disc ruptured.
Injury or illness
Lumbar radiculopathy (ruptured disc)
Object or substance involved
Disc swollen due to pre-existing condition disc rupture due to twisting and awkward posture.
Summary line
Lower back strain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Tech
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 333514 — Jigs and fixtures for use with machine tools manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 73
- Total hours worked
- 158697
- Establishment ID
- 1078649
- Employer case #
- 6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 20JAN2025:13:18:00
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.