Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Imperial Casting Company, Inc.
Start: 7/16/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021075850 · 7/16/2021 · Imperial Casting Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, unspecified
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Imperial Casting Company, Inc.
Location: 4440 Chisolm Road, FLORENCE, ALABAMA, 35630
NAICS: 331511
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in the pit under a molding machine. The machine cycled, and the rotating loading plate struck the employee in the head. He was then caught between the loading plate and the loading grate when the machine moved to cycle again. The employee suffered internal crushing injuries to the upper body and head.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown