Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 106959.015 - Employee's foot is fractured while installing mold machine h

Accident Summary Nr: 106959.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 06/26/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1327120.015	07/02/2018		331511	Sancast, Inc. A Subsidiary Of Wabtec

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on June 26, 2018, an employee and a coworker were changing out and setting up a headboard on a Hunter Mold Machine. During work, the employee climbed onto the machine's transfer line conveyor system in order to assist in relieving the weight of the headboard by hand, while the coworker installed two bolts to secure the headboard in place. The employee inadvertently stepped backwards into a limit switch that caused the machine's 900 psi hydraulic pusher to traverse. The employee's left foot became caught between the machine's hydraulic pusher and a fixed portion of the roller conveyor. His fifth metatarsal was fractured, which he was hospitalized and received treatment.

Keywords: Caught Between, Foot, Fracture, Installing, Lockout/Tagout, Molding Machine

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1327120.015	52	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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