Ephrata, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Astro Machine Works, Inc.
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Astro Machine Works, Inc. in Ephrata, PA 17522 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was welder and Fabricator in machine shops.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Astro Machine Works, Inc.
- Parent company
- Astro Machine Works
- Street
- 470 Wenger Drive
- City
- Ephrata
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17522
- On-site location
- All-Fab
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Bending plates on press to 90 degrees - bent one and pulled it out to check it when it slipped.
What happened
Employee was bending a piece of half inch steel on the press brake. When the employee pulled it out of the press break the piece slipped out of their hand and fell onto the middle finger of employee 's left hand.
Injury or illness
Broke tip of left hand middle finger and small laceration – Open nondisplaced fracture of distal phalanx of left middle finger
Object or substance involved
Piece of steel that fell on finger
Summary line
Employee was bending plates using a press brake when the employee dropped a part and it fell onto the middle finger of left hand. Broke tip of middle finger and laceration of finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder and Fabricator
- SOC code
- 51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 332710 — Machine shops
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 127
- Total hours worked
- 275991
- EIN
- 232311405
- Establishment ID
- 90625
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00
- Time of incident
- 12:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 29JAN2025:18:34:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.