Ponca City, OK —
OSHA Injury Report: Mertz Manufacturing, Inc.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Mertz Manufacturing, Inc. in Ponca City, OK 74601 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was welder in off-highway trucks manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mertz Manufacturing, Inc.
- Parent company
- Mertz Manufacturing, Inc.
- Street
- 1701 N. Waverly
- City
- Ponca City
- State
- OK
- ZIP
- 74601
- On-site location
- Southeast Fab-5
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 13
Before the incident
Employee was using an electric grinder to cut out a crossmember on a trailer. Grinder id not have a guard on it. The employee was not wearing gloves.
What happened
The cutting disc on the grinder kicked back and the employee was not able to control the grinder. The cutting disc of the grinder struck the top of the employee 's left hand.
Injury or illness
Laceration left hand
Object or substance involved
Cutting disc on the grinder employee was using.
Summary line
Laceration left hand
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder
- SOC code
- 51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 333120 — Off-highway trucks manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 272
- Total hours worked
- 614191
- EIN
- 550830804
- Establishment ID
- 916823
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:30
- Time of incident
- 8:50
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 20JAN2025:15:41:00
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.