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OSHA Injury Report: NHK Spring Precision of America

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at NHK Spring Precision of America in 10600 Freeport Drive, Louisville, KY 40258 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance in springs, precision (except clock, watch), light gauge, made from purchased wire or strip.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
NHK Spring Precision of America
Parent company
NHK Spring Precision of America
Street
10600 Freeport Drive
City
Louisville
State
KY
ZIP
40258
On-site location
Maintenance Machine Shop

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

The injured employee removed the escape slide from the machine and took it back to the maintenance shop. The escape slides connection nut that holds the escape slide to the escape cylinder rod was stripped out and needed to be cut off and a new connection nut needed to be welded back on.

What happened

The employee attempted to remove this connection nut by holding the escape slide with a pair of pliers and pushing it into the vertical bandsaw blade. The escape slide became unsecured and the momentum caused the employee to snag his left index finger on the vertical bandsaw blade.

Injury or illness

Laceration of Left Index Finger

Object or substance involved

Vertical Bandsaw

Summary line

Laceration to the index finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
332613 — Springs, precision (except clock, watch), light gauge, made from purchased wire or strip
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
122
Total hours worked
15135
Establishment ID
1284932
Employer case #
157

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
22:00
Time of incident
5:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
12FEB2025:20:37:00

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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.