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OSHA Injury Report: Wieland NA RA EA

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Wieland NA RA EA in 305 Lewis and Clark Blvd., East Alton, IL 62024 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was caster in brass products, rolling, drawing, or extruding, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Wieland NA RA EA
Parent company
Wieland NA RA EA
Street
305 Lewis and Clark Blvd.
City
East Alton
State
IL
ZIP
62024
On-site location
1DC Holding Furnace

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
5

Before the incident

Removing furnace hood

What happened

The team member was taking the bolts out of the holding furnace. One of the bars welded to the bolt head snapped off. Team member was trying to spin the bolt with his hand to be able to get a wrench on it and at the same time he triggered the impact on the nut. This caused his index finger on the bolt to get sucked in and smashed between the bar on the bolt and the holding furnace. Team member had to tighten the nut back down to free up his finger.

Injury or illness

Fracture right index finger

Object or substance involved

Bolt handle

Summary line

Fracture to right index finger Bolt handle

Employee and industry

Job description
Caster
SOC code
51-4052 — Pourers and Casters, Metal
NAICS code
331420 — Brass products, rolling, drawing, or extruding, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
713
Total hours worked
1659671
EIN
551609888
Establishment ID
1224866
Employer case #
82334

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
16:00:00.000
Time of incident
23:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
03MAR24:02:01:00

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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.