OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221377518
IMPERIAL CASTING COMPANY, INC.
FLORENCE, AL·
Event description
Employee incurs multiple injuries when trapped by mold loadi
Investigation abstract
At 10:15 a.m. on July 16, 2021, Employee #1, along with two other employees and and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized. the Plant Supervisor, had been working in a single-entry pit under the Hunter 20 Mold Loading machine to remove sand mold chunks and spilled iron because the turntable would not turn. After exiting the pit, Employee #1 reentered for an unknown reason despite being instructed not to. The machine's Lockout/Tagout had been removed, and the machine was cycled. When the mold table cycled a second time, Employee #1 was struck in the back by the lowering bucket, becoming trapped between the bucket, the grate he was sitting on, and a piece of iron supporting his head. Employee #1 sustained injuries to the upper body and back
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 889
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