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Amesbury, MA —

OSHA Injury Report: Designwerkes, Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Designwerkes, Inc. in 2 Industrial Way, Amesbury, MA 01913 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was cNC Operator in machine shops.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Designwerkes, Inc.
Parent company
Designwerkes, Inc.
Street
2 Industrial Way
City
Amesbury
State
MA
ZIP
01913
On-site location
CNC Shop

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
4

Before the incident

About to use the drill press machine on a piece of metal.

What happened

Drill press table was too low; went to crank it up but it crashed to the floor; he then went to manually lift it but was stuck. He continued to attempt pulling it when it released and caused his arm to hit the drill bit that was in place above - resulting in puncture of arm.

Injury or illness

Lower fore-arm was punctured by the drill-bit; requiring medical attention at hospital - two stitches.

Object or substance involved

The drill bit: His arm banged into it from manually lifting the table of the drill press.

Summary line

Punctured lower arm from toolbit on drill press

Employee and industry

Job description
CNC Operator
SOC code
51-9161 — Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
NAICS code
332710 — Machine shops
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
40
Total hours worked
84394
EIN
461649048
Establishment ID
651652
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:30:00.000
Time of incident
11:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01FEB24:18:47:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.