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OSHA Injury Report: Akron Foundry Company

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Akron Foundry Company in Akron, OH 44314 resulted in days away from work. Employee was line Molder in aluminum foundries (except die-casting).

Establishment
Akron Foundry Company
Parent company
Akron Foundry Company
Street
2728 Wingate Avenue
City
Akron
State
OH
ZIP
44314
On-site location
Squeezer Department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5

Employee was sitting on phone and asked by supervisor to get up and perform his duties. Employee angrily got up and moved over to the smelting urn to retrieve molten aluminum to pour into molds.

Due to his agitated demeanor employee haphazardly began pouring molten aluminum into molds creating a wide mess of molten aluminum all over his work area. In the act of doing this he poured a small bit of molten aluminum down his pants and the landing spot was his hip.

Small burn on hip

Molten Aluminum

Small Burn on Hip

Job description
Line Molder
SOC code
51-4072 — Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
331524 — Aluminum foundries (except die-casting)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
140
Total hours worked
317389
EIN
341045266
Establishment ID
654493
Employer case #
6
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Submitted
08MAR24:21:17:00

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.