Lewisburg, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Walker Die Casting
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Walker Die Casting in Lewisburg, TN 37091 resulted in days away from work. Employee was process Technician in aluminum die-casting foundries.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Walker Die Casting
- Parent company
- Walker Die Casting
- Street
- 1125 Higgs Road
- City
- Lewisburg
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37091
- On-site location
- 64 Die Cast Machine
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 131
- Days restricted or transferred
- 90
Before the incident
Employee was troubleshooting 64 DCM for gate break off.
What happened
Employee was pulling a part out of the die and the gate broke off and the part shrunk up. Employee was prying the part out of the die when the vent runner broke. Employee fell forward and hit is collar bone right shoulder on the cover half of the die.
Injury or illness
Strain Sprain of the right shoulder- torn rotator cuff.
Object or substance involved
Cover half of the die and aluminum part.
Summary line
Strain Sprain of the right shoulder- torn rotator cuff
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Process Technician
- SOC code
- 17-3027 — Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- NAICS code
- 331523 — Aluminum die-casting foundries
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 420
- Total hours worked
- 1088025
- Establishment ID
- 749696
- Employer case #
- 12
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 17:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 30JAN24:00:40:00
Source
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.