Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201159209 - Employee Injured When Right Arm Is Caught in Molding Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201159209 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 03/18/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300865425	04/06/2004	3365	331524	Edelbrock Foundry Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 12:45 p.m. on March 18, 2004, Employee #1 was working as a Lead Machine Operator for Edelbrook Foundry Corporation. Edelbrook Foundry Corporation is engaged in making aluminum molds. The molds are shipped to the Edelbrook Machine Shop in Torrance California for machining, packaging and distribution. The employee sustained deep lacerations to his right forearm when his arm got caught between a moving mold transfer car and the automatic car-top cleaner-wiper of the Flaskless Mold Handling and Sand System for the Sinto Model FBM-2T Molding Machine. Coworkers came to the employee's aid and drove him to the Hemet Valley Medical Center, Hemet, California, where he was hospitalized for six days.

Keywords: MOLDING MACHINE, FOREARM, MACHINE OPERATOR, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, ARM, FOUNDRY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300865425			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Molding and casting machine operators

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