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OSHA Injury Report: Pottstown Facility

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Pottstown Facility in 125 South Keim St., Pottstown, PA 19464 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was tL Tier I in bearings (e.g., camshaft, crankshaft, connecting rod), automotive and truck gasoline engine, manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Pottstown Facility
Parent company
Dana Incorporated
Street
125 South Keim St.
City
Pottstown
State
PA
ZIP
19464
On-site location
Department 8

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
43

Before the incident

The employee was dressing the wheel by hand with a hand held diamond tipped grind bar

What happened

Employee was attempting to dress a wheel with a diamond tipped wheel dressing tool. As the employee was dressing the wheel he was not wearing gloves or using the tool rest on the machine made for the hand held dressing bar. The wheel grabbed the tool from his hands completed a revolution and then struck the employee 's hands with the tool in multiple locations.

Injury or illness

Bilateral hand finger contusions and lacerations

Object or substance involved

Diamond tipped wheel dressing tool

Summary line

Bilateral hand finger contusions and lacerations cause by the operator being stuck by hand held wheel dressing tools moving at high speeds.

Employee and industry

Job description
TL Tier I
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
336310 — Bearings (e.g., camshaft, crankshaft, connecting rod), automotive and truck gasoline engine, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
292
Total hours worked
631774
EIN
261531856
Establishment ID
1287292
Employer case #
2024-002

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
2:15
Filing year
2024
Submitted
03FEB2025:18:54:00

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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.