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OSHA Injury Report: Linamar Light Metals-MR

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Linamar Light Metals-MR in 490 Ferncliff Park Drive, Mills River, NC 28732 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator Assembly in aluminum die-casting foundries.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Linamar Light Metals-MR
Parent company
Linamar
Street
490 Ferncliff Park Drive
City
Mills River
State
NC
ZIP
28732
On-site location
assembly line 302

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

The employee running the Main Line OP302 station was trying to clear a screwdriver jam on this window Once the jam was cleared the employees Left Hand was positioned below the screwdriver shaft and the stored energy on the shaft cylinder caused the shaft to lower The employees LH was struck byjammed between the screwdriver shaft and the CCB Casting

What happened

The employee running the Main Line OP302 station was trying to clear a screwdriver jam on this window Once the jam was cleared the employees Left Hand was positioned below the screwdriver shaft and the stored energy on the shaft cylinder caused the shaft to lower The employees LH was struck by jammed between the screwdriver shaft and the CCB Casting

Injury or illness

Crushing injury Finger Left Index Finger

Object or substance involved

OP302 Screwdriver ShaftFord CCB Casting

Summary line

The employee running the Main Line OP302 station was trying to clear a screwdriver jam on this window Once the jam was cleared the employees Left Hand was positioned below the screwdriver shaft and the stored energy on the shaft cylinder caused the shaft

Employee and industry

Job description
Operator Assembly
SOC code
51-2099 — Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
NAICS code
331523 — Aluminum die-casting foundries
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
567
Total hours worked
1113469
EIN
475476316
Establishment ID
1154823
Employer case #
425

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:32:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
26FEB24:19:11:00

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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.