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OSHA Injury Report: Spartan Light Metal Products

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Spartan Light Metal Products in Mexico, MO 65265 resulted in days away from work. Employee was diecast Technician in nonferrous die-casting foundries.

Establishment
Spartan Light Metal Products
Parent company
Spartan Light Metal Products
Street
2510 Lakeview Rd.
City
Mexico
State
MO
ZIP
65265
On-site location
Diecast Machine 2
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
10
Days restricted or transferred
82

The employee was shutting down the equipment to perform housekeeping duties.

Employee had stopped the machine in part of the cycle and machine did not return to it 's home position as it should leaving equipment in the way for the housekeeping activities. [REDACTED] pressed a limit switch and the machine moved trapping his thumb between the limit switch bracket and position counter.

Crushed thumb.

The machine was altered with a new position reader causing an unexpected pinch point. Caught between the limit switch bracket and the position reader crushing thumb.

Crushed left thumb

Job description
Diecast Technician
SOC code
51-4072 — Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, an
NAICS code
331523 — Nonferrous die-casting foundries
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
291
Total hours worked
587449
EIN
431691489
Establishment ID
922099
Employer case #
2095
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
19:40
Filing year
2025
Submitted
26JAN26:14:37:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.