OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221432792

LITTLESTOWN FOUNDRY, INC.

LITTLESTOWN, PA· 2022-01-19T00:00:00

Event: Aluminum Processing, Burn, Caught By, Caught In, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Foundry, Hand, Heat, High Temperature, Inexperience, Light Curtain, Machine operator, Mold, Pinched, Safety Device, Wrist
NAICS: 331524
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345755698
Employer profile: LITTLESTOWN FOUNDRY, INC.
Summary number: 221432792
Report ID: 0316700

Event description

Employee incurs burns to hand and wrist caught by hot mold

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on January 19, 2022, an employee was operating a Harrison Dual Station Core Machine when he reached into the mold to remove the formed core. The employee did not wait for the mold to fully open and did not break the light curtain as he reached into the machine. The mold halves, which are hot, slowly closed and trapped the employee's right hand. The employee severely burned his hand and wrist and required hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
713

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