Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135143.015 - Employee crushes foot under metal casting during grinding

Accident Summary Nr: 135143.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 04/20/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1527452.015	04/27/2021		331511	Liberty Casting Company, Llc

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on April 20, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for an iron foundry was grinding a round, approximately 1,606-pound metal casting that was positioned vertically on the ground. The casting was supported by a scrap metal piece known as a "chill". While grinding, the casting rolled off the chill and fell onto the employee crushing his foot. The employee was hospitalized to treat multiple metatarsal fractures.

Keywords: Casting, Contusion, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Foot, Fracture, Grinding, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Scrap, Scrap Metal, Unsafe Position, Unsecured, Unstable Load, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface, Wrong Equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1527452.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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