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OSHA Injury Report: GKN Sinter metals Conover

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at GKN Sinter metals Conover in 407 THORNBURG DRIVE SE, CONOVER, NC 28613 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 Conover
Parent company
GKN Sinter metals
Street
407 THORNBURG DRIVE SE
City
CONOVER
State
NC
ZIP
28613
On-site location
Sintering area Machine F01

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee had just come off break.

What happened

Employee was operating furnace [REDACTED] while straightening misaligned pans at the entrance of the furnace a sintering puck fragment punctured the operators left thumb.

Injury or illness

Minor puncture to the left thumb.

Object or substance involved

Sliver of graphite from a parts tray.

Summary line

Employee was operating furnace [REDACTED] while straightening misaligned pans at the entrance of the furnace a sintering puck fragment punctured the operators left thumb.

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
50
Total hours worked
98349
EIN
383354796
Establishment ID
912986
Employer case #
2220

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
21:00:00.000
Time of incident
21:42:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
02JAN24:16:33:00

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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.