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OSHA Injury Report: Penn-Mar Castings LLC

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Penn-Mar Castings LLC in 500 Broadway, Hanover, PA 17331 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was furnace Crew in foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel).

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Penn-Mar Castings LLC
Parent company
Penn-Mar Castings
Street
500 Broadway
City
Hanover
State
PA
ZIP
17331
On-site location
Blast #1

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Employee was using a plasma cutter to cut gating from casting

What happened

Employee was using a plasma cutter which requires specialized eye protection and instead used dark glasses thinking it would protect.

Injury or illness

welders flash photokeratitis in both eyes

Object or substance involved

Plasma flash

Summary line

Welder flash from plasma cutter to both eyes

Employee and industry

Job description
Furnace Crew
SOC code
51-4051 — Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
331511 — Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
62
Total hours worked
101135
EIN
854249705
Establishment ID
1177334
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
17:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01MAR24:15:04:00

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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.