Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Name: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Co., Inc.
Start: 6/10/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025065531 · 6/10/2025 · Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Co., Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and arm(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
Source: Dies, molds, patterns
Secondary source: Material and personnel handling machinery unspecified

Employer

Name: Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Co., Inc.
Location: 838 S. 16TH STREET, MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN, 54220
NAICS: 331529
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lifting a cope mold using a mold manipulator. While the mold was suspended in the air, he reached under it to retrieve the rollover pin. The mold slipped out of the manipulator and fell onto his right hand, causing a severe degloving of the right forearm and hand. He was hospitalized.

Source

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