La Porte, IN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Howmet - La Porte Castings
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Howmet - La Porte Castings in 1110 East Lincolnway, La Porte, IN 46350 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was post Cast Operator in foundries (except die-casting), nonferrous metals (except aluminum).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Howmet - La Porte Castings
- Parent company
- Howmet Castings and Services, Inc.
- Street
- 1110 East Lincolnway
- City
- La Porte
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46350
- On-site location
- BC2 Post Cast
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
An employee received a laceration to their left forearm after contacting gating of a casting as they attempted to remove it from the casting. The employee needed to remove the strap so it could be repositioned on the casting to reorientate the part.
What happened
While repositioning the part the employee contacted a sharp piece of gating attached to the part
Injury or illness
laceration to arm
Object or substance involved
gating on casting
Summary line
Laceration to arm from casting
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Post Cast Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 331529: Foundries (except die-casting), nonferrous metals (except aluminum)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 764
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,510,007
- EIN
- 132838093
- Establishment ID
- 109675
- Employer case #
- S23_000021
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 17:50
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-09
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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