Whittier, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Miller Castings, Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Miller Castings, Inc. in 2503 Pacific Park Drive, Whittier, CA 90601 resulted in days away from work. Employee was gate Grind 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
- Gate Grind
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 8
Before the incident
The employee turned off the equipment but failed to implement Lockout Tagout procedures.
What happened
The employee began to remove the latches securing the machine guarding while the idler wheels on the equipment were still in motion. The employee removed all latches and held the machine guard in place using his left hand. The employee then used his right hand to reached behind the machine guard to access a cleaning port for the idler wheel bearing.
Injury or illness
Laceration of right ring finger without foreign body without damage to nail initial encounter (S61.214A)
Object or substance involved
Grinding belt
Summary line
The employee removed machine guards while the idler wheels on the equipment were still in motion. The employee used his right hand to reached behind the machine guard to access a cleaning port resulting in a laceration to the right ring finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Gate Grind Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4033: Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters,
- NAICS code
- 331512: Foundries, steel investment
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 430
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 797,489
- EIN
- 952873159
- Establishment ID
- 1045477
- Employer case #
- 10
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 12:48
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-04
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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