Whittier, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Miller Castings, Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Miller Castings, Inc. in Whittier, CA 90601 resulted in days away from work. 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
- Backyard Chemical Storage Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
The employee was bringing down a drum that was stored on top of a rack.
What happened
The employee brought the drum from the rack down onto the floor. As the employee was placing the drum down onto the floor a secondary drum that was stored on top of the rack became unstable and proceeded to roll towards the edge of the rack and onto the unsuspecting employee.
Injury or illness
Contusion of other part of head initial encounter Contusion of unspecified part of the neck initial encounter Contusion of thorax posterior initiral encounter
Object or substance involved
empty 55 gal poly drum
Summary line
The employee brought down a drum that had been stored on top of a rack. As the employee was placing the drum down onto the floor a secondary drum that was stored on top of the rack fell over striking the employee.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Dip Room Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4051 — Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 331512 — Foundries, steel investment
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 430
- Total hours worked
- 797489
- EIN
- 952873159
- Establishment ID
- 1045477
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 10:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03FEB26:20:18:00
Source
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.