Lewisburg, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Walker Die Casting
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Walker Die Casting in 1125 Higgs Road, Lewisburg, TN 37091 resulted in days away from work. Employee was trim Press Operator in aluminum die-casting foundries.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Walker Die Casting
- Parent company
- Walker Die Casting
- Street
- 1125 Higgs Road
- City
- Lewisburg
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37091
- On-site location
- 83 DCM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Employee was trimming parts on 83 DCM
What happened
Employee was removing overflow off the line and metal dust blew up in front of the fan that was across the line and employee felt a foreign body in her left eye. Employee had a foreign body on her cornea of her left eye.
Injury or illness
Employee had a foreign body on her cornea of her left eye.
Object or substance involved
Aluminum dust
Summary line
Employee was removing overflow off the line and metal dust blew up in front of the fan that was across the line and employee felt a foreign body in her left eye. Employee had a foreign body on her cornea of her left eye.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Trim Press Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4031: Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- NAICS code
- 331523: Aluminum die-casting foundries
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 418
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 994,953
- Establishment ID
- 749696
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 17:25
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-31
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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