Akron, OH ·
OSHA Injury Report: Akron Foundry Company
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Akron Foundry Company in 2728 Wingate Avenue, Akron, OH 44314 resulted in days away from work. Employee was furnace Tender in aluminum foundries (except die-casting).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Akron Foundry Company
- Parent company
- Akron Foundry Company
- Street
- 2728 Wingate Avenue
- City
- Akron
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 44314
- On-site location
- Front Foundry Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
Before the incident
Employee was waiting to prepare large molds for pouring molten aluminum
What happened
As he was prepping to move the portable smelt urn into place for pouring began to complain of losing feeling in his hands and felt that it began occurring as he was moving the urn into place.
Injury or illness
Finger numbness dexterity loss
Object or substance involved
Believed to be a symptom of athritic pain he had been battling for a while. For this purpose we 'll go with the smelting urn.
Summary line
Finger Numbness and dexterity loss
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Furnace Tender
- SOC code
- 51-4051: Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 331524: Aluminum foundries (except die-casting)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 140
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 317,389
- EIN
- 341045266
- Establishment ID
- 654493
- Employer case #
- 7
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-08
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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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