Casting Cleaning Resources

An employee was moving a casting from a liner conveyor when his right ring finger was pinched between the casting he was moving and a stationary casting. His fingertip was surgically amputated.

An employee was assisting with pipe on a drilling rig. The slips came down and landed on the employee's left foot fracturing four metatarsals.

Two employees were struck by the rotary table of a drilling rig while installing caisson. Employee 1 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, and head trauma. Employee 2 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, spinal injury, and head trauma.

Employees were felling hazard trees. The injured employee was conducting 'bucking' operations to saw a tree from the road when the tree kicked-back, pinning him against the ground and fracturing his left femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was greasing tongs on a work-over rig. The tongs lacerated one of the employee's fingers.

An employee was chaining a vehicle when he had to change tools and the compressor. As the compressor was being charged, the employee stepped near the vehicle to make sure the compressor was attached. Then, he instructed a co-worker to lower the compressor. His right hand was on the compressor and under the chain, causing his ring finger to be crushed.

An employee was in a physical altercation with a colleague when his hip was fractured.

An employee was working on an assembly line in the production facility. He was on the south part of the aisle, checking for debris in the system, and went to remove a screw. His left foot became caught in a wheel on a track along the assembly line. All of the toes on his left foot were amputated.

An employee tripped while assembling machinery components and fell to the floor, suffering a broken leg.

A maintenance employee was using an air wand to clean equipment. The air wand became caught in the rollers that were turning and the employee's left arm was pulled into the equipment. Their arm was crushed to the elbow and the fifth digit on their left hand was amputated.

On July 3, 2024, at approximately 8:00 AM, an employee was installing a pulling sheave in an electrical gear when they received a high-voltage electrical shock and sustained arc flash burns.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.