Dover, NJ —
OSHA Injury Report: Howmet - Dover Casting
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Howmet - Dover Casting in Dover, NJ 7801 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was blast Operator in investment castings, nonferrous metal (except aluminum), unfinished, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Howmet - Dover Casting
- Parent company
- Howmet Castings & Services, Inc.
- Street
- 9 Roy Street
- City
- Dover
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 7801
- On-site location
- Blast Cabinet
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was closing a sandblast cabinet door when he pinched his right middle finger in the door frame while closing the door. The door is a hinged door no additional power hydraulics etc. The door does have a handle for opening and closing. As the operator closed the door with force the pinch resulted in a fracture to the right middle finger.
What happened
Employee was closing a sandblast cabinet door when he pinched his right middle finger in the door frame while closing the door. The door is a hinged door no additional power hydraulics etc. The door does have a handle for opening and closing. As the operator closed the door with force the pinch resulted in a fracture to the right middle finger.
Injury or illness
Contusion
Object or substance involved
Door
Summary line
Employee was closing a sandblast cabinet door when he pinched his right middle finger in the door frame while closing the door.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Blast Operator
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 331529 — Investment castings, nonferrous metal (except aluminum), unfinished, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 675
- Total hours worked
- 1452052
- EIN
- 201902809
- Establishment ID
- 109348
- Employer case #
- S24_000022
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 17:07
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 06FEB2025:22:29:00
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.