Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202472692 - Employee's Ribs Fractured When Struck by Forging Tong

Accident Summary Nr: 202472692 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 04/21/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307180976	04/27/2006	3463	332112	Mattco Forge Inc

Abstract: At approximately 7:00 a.m. on April 21, 2006, Employee #1 was operating a press in the Forging Department of Mattco Forge Inc. in Paramount, CA. Employee #1 and a coworker were operating a 1000-ton punch press, manufactured by Loewy, to forge an aluminum part into a specific shape. While forging a hole through a solid billet of hot aluminum, the steel dies used to forge the hole shot out of the press and hit the tong Employee #1 was using. The tong hit Employee #1 in the rib area and fractured three of his ribs. He was hospitalized at Kaiser Permanente Medical Facility in Bellflower, California, where he remained 5 nights for treatment.

Keywords: DIE, FRACTURE, POWER PRESS, METAL SHOP, RIB, STRUCK BY, TONGS, FLYING OBJECT, PRESS OPERATOR, MECH MALFUNCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307180976			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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