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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 heat Treat Tech Tier II 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 601

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
24

Before the incident

The employee was hand running bolts to move the door on the pusher furnace and then the tool swung around and made impact with her finger

What happened

Employee was using a hand power tool (driver) to turn a bolt to manually close a furnace door. Employee forgot to activate the release lever before engaging the bolt which prevented the bolt from turning causing employee to loose control of the tool and crushed her thumb between the tool and the surface of the furnace

Injury or illness

Crush laceration of right thumb

Object or substance involved

Power tool (driver)

Summary line

The right thumb was lacerated due to the driver torqueing and causing it to make impact with the side of the pusher furnace

Employee and industry

Job description
Heat Treat Tech Tier II
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 #
2024-0019

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00
Time of incident
21:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
03FEB2025:19:10:00

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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.