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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2025043359 · 4/10/2025 · Whitehead Die Casting Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Rib(s), oblique area
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Casting machinery
Secondary source
Gates, hatches vehicle and machine cargo

Employer

Name
Whitehead Die Casting Company
Location
2600 SW Atlanta Hwy, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30504
NAICS
331523
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was checking the die casting machine when the cavity access door closed behind him and the employee sustained eight fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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