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OSHA Injury Report: Kovatch Castings Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Kovatch Castings Inc. in 3743 Tabs Drive, Uniontown, OH 44685 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was knockout Operator in steel investment foundries.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Kovatch Castings Inc.
Parent company
Kovatch Castings
Street
3743 Tabs Drive
City
Uniontown
State
OH
ZIP
44685
On-site location
aftercast knockout machine

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
32

Before the incident

placing parts in the knockout machine

What happened

He placed a part in the knockout machine on the table and need to adjust the rubber pad. He lifted the casting with one hand and adjusted the pad with the other and dropped the casting on his finger.

Injury or illness

Fracture R. Ring Finger

Object or substance involved

Metal Casting

Summary line

Dropped a casting and fractured R ring finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Knockout Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
331512 — Steel investment foundries
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
220
Total hours worked
418771
EIN
341198748
Establishment ID
144572
Employer case #
3

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
22:00:00.000
Time of incident
1:45:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
08FEB24:12:55:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.