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OSHA Injury Report: Hitachi Astemo

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Hitachi Astemo in BLANCHESTER, OH 45107 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was casting Associate in motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories.

Establishment
Hitachi Astemo
Parent company
Hitachi Astemo
Street
960 Cherry St.
City
BLANCHESTER
State
OH
ZIP
45107
On-site location
Casting 500 #2
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
8

Lifting 3 dip well covers off the dip wells of the furnace

Strain to chest wall when loading the furnace with an ingot. Employee loaded1 ingot into the furnace chamber and felt pain in his right chest area. After investigation we feel that the initial trigger was from lifting 3 furnace covers off the dip wells

Strain to chest wall after lifting 3 dip well covers off the dip well of the furnaces

Lifting of dip well covers

Strain to chest wall when loading the furnace with an ingot.

Job description
Casting Associate
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
336330 — Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
185
Total hours worked
327647
EIN
311202270
Establishment ID
919083
Employer case #
2023-0003
Date of incident
Shift started
22:00:00.000
Time of incident
23:00:00.000
Submitted
19JAN24:16:46:00

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.