Whittier, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Miller Castings, Inc.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Miller Castings, Inc. in Whittier, CA 90601 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was dip Room Operator in foundries, steel investment.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Miller Castings, Inc.
- Parent company
- Miller Castings, Inc.
- Street
- 2503 Pacific Park Drive
- City
- Whittier
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 90601
- On-site location
- Dip Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
The employee was manually performing tip dip on large castings the employee was instructed to pick up the large casting to perform the manual dip operation.
What happened
The employee felt that the molds were heavy but did not report or communicate to their supervisor and continued to perform the task. The employee felt discomfort and pain to his lower back has he performed the manual lift task.
Injury or illness
Sprain of ligaments of lumbar spine initial encounter
Object or substance involved
Mold
Summary line
The employee was performing manual dip operations on a mold weighing approximately 30-35 lbs. The employee was dipping the mold into the slurry mixture multiple times and felt discomfort and pain to his lower back.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Dip Room Operator
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 331512 — Foundries, steel investment
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 420
- Total hours worked
- 786655
- EIN
- 952873159
- Establishment ID
- 1045477
- Employer case #
- 17
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 16:00
- Time of incident
- 22:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 30JAN2025:23:15:00
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.