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OSHA Injury Report: Howmet - Dover Casting

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Howmet - Dover Casting in Dover, NJ 07801 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was wax Press Injector in investment castings, nonferrous metal (except aluminum), unfinished, manufacturing.

Establishment
Howmet - Dover Casting
Parent company
Howmet Castings & Services, Inc.
Street
9 Roy Street
City
Dover
State
NJ
ZIP
07801
On-site location
DS Wax Injection
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

closing wax die lid

Employee first lowered the hoist creating slack in the chain but had not released the latch to allow the hoist to close. Their reaction was to release the latch allowing the lid to fall due to the slack created. Their left hand was still on the latch which then pinched their finger as the lid closed creating a laceration to their ring and middle finger

laceration to finger

latch of hoist

Laceration cut Finger Sprue Wax Die hoist latch

Job description
Wax Press Injector
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
331529 — Investment castings, nonferrous metal (except aluminum), unfinished, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
636
Total hours worked
1312799
EIN
201902809
Establishment ID
109348
Employer case #
S23_000021
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:52:00.000
Submitted
09FEB24:21:01:00

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