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OSHA Injury Report: Flexible Metal Inc.

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Flexible Metal Inc. in 7495 E M-36, Hamburg, MI 48139 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was machine Operator in exhaust systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Flexible Metal Inc.
Parent company
Hyspan Precision Products
Street
7495 E M-36
City
Hamburg
State
MI
ZIP
48139
On-site location
GM Components

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee was running the outlet bender in [REDACTED].

What happened

At approx. [REDACTED] employee started looking at the container of oil and looking back at his bottle of Mountain Dew he does this 4-5 times and even reaches out to grab both items multiple times. It looks like he 's deciding rather or not to drink the oil. He then looks up as if to make sure no one is looking grabs the container and takes a drink. He spits out the oil then preceeds to walk around for the next 10 [REDACTED] laughing and telling people what he did.

Injury or illness

Ingestion of chemicals via mouth

Object or substance involved

Oil

Summary line

Ingestion of chemicals

Employee and industry

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
336390 — Exhaust systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
179
Total hours worked
344647
EIN
580682142
Establishment ID
1263423
Employer case #
10

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:31
Time of incident
9:27
Filing year
2024
Submitted
20JAN2025:19:54:00

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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.