Struck by discharged object or substance · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at O'FALLON CASTING LLC, 600 CANNONBALL LANE, O FALLON, MISSOURI 63366
on , Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was hand washing an aluminum casting at the "hand wash cabinet" (machine) using 3,700 psi water pressure to remove ceramic materials from the casting. The employee was wearing hand protection (double glove with inner neoprene and outer cut-resistant Kevlar with neoprene coating). The employee suffered a water injection injury to the right middle finger, requiring overnight hospitalization and surgery at Barnes St. Peters.