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OSHA Injury Report: GKN Sinter Metals

Other illness · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an other illness at GKN Sinter Metals in 198 Imperial Dr. Salem, IN 47167, Salem, IN 47167 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was operator in powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
GKN Sinter Metals
Parent company
GKN Sinter Metals
Street
198 Imperial Dr. Salem, IN 47167
City
Salem
State
IN
ZIP
47167
On-site location
509-11 Sizing Press

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Before the incident

Setting up sizing press

What happened

Employee didn 't back off the upper ram and cycled the press through and the tooling broke.

Injury or illness

Sliver of carbide hit his left arm and embedded just under the skin.

Object or substance involved

A sliver of carbide

Summary line

Sliver of carbide in left arm

Employee and industry

Job description
Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
332117 — Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
297
Total hours worked
630695
Establishment ID
1093253
Employer case #
24-03

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
14:22
Filing year
2024
Submitted
18FEB2025:13:27:00

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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.