OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221440597

DYNACAST, LLC

LAKE FOREST, CA· 2021-09-08T00:00:00

Event: Aluminum Processing, Catch Point, Clamp, Finger, Hand, Inspecting, Inspection, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Manufacturing, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pneumatic cylinder, Pneumatic equipment, Production Line, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Reaching In, Staffing Agency, Struck By, Temporary, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 333514
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345562151
Employer profile: DYNACAST, LLC
Summary number: 221440597
Report ID: 0950631

Event description

Employee punctures, cuts finger when caught in leak test mac

Investigation abstract

At 2:15 a.m. on September 8, 2021, an employee was working as a temporary and the clamp attached to the pneumatic cylinders caught her left index finger. A coworker, who was her supervisor was on the floor, did not witness the accident. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a puncture wound and laceration to the finger. employee at an aluminum components die casting manufacturer. The employee was employed by a staffing agency and was working as a packer at the site. The employee was calibrating a APTIV Model #9242099 Leak Testing Machine prior to testing the actual parts. As a packer, she was assigned to conduct a leak test of each individual component. The leak test machine requires calibration at the beginning of the shift. The employee put the rabbit (testing piece) into the machine and pressed the reset button. She then immediately pressed the cycle start (palm buttons) and the machine cycled. She then reached into the machine

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 F

Event type
1

Occupation code
758

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