Iron Foundries
Industry Summary
Suffering major job losses, employees within the Iron Foundries industry have got to be on edge. With 2015 employment numbers coming in at 38,983, The industry has seen a decline of -3.94%. This change put 1,601 folks onto the unemployment line. On average over the last five years, the Iron Foundries industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (10% more) than the broader Ferrous Metal Foundries Industry
On Friday, December 28th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Delaware, OH after learning of an incident at Liberty Casting Company, Llc which had occured on the same day. A 72 year old man working as a was killed on the job when the employee was struck by crane while performing maintenance wor
OSHA ID112151.015
Accident Date2018-12-28
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 10:00 a.m. on December 28, 2018, and employee and coworker were using an overhead crane to move a piece of equipment that weighed approximately 6-10 tons in order to perform maintenance. The employee was operating the crane with a remote control and was standing next to some large sand molds. The employee was struck by the crane as it moved and was killed.
On Wednesday, November 8th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Wrightsville, PA after learning of an incident at Donsco, Inc. which had occured on Monday, October 30th 2017. A 28 year old Machinery maintenance occupation had been injured when the employee's finger was caught by clamp and finger tip was amput
OSHA ID100578.015
Accident Date2017-10-30
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 6:00 p.m. on October 30, 2017, Employee #1 stated that the sand molder on the Redford #3 core machine was making "weird" noises, so he started troubleshooting the machine, including checking the sand magazine for sand. Normal troubleshooting procedure for the machine involves removing fixed guards on the machine and moving machine parts independently by using selector switches on the machine's control panel. To check for sand in the sand magazine, Employee #1 put his right hand on top of the sand magazine while the sand magazine moved forward toward the blow position. The sand magazine has a vertical clamp that comes down on the top of the sand magazine when the sand magazine reaches the blow position. With the selector switch for the vertical clamp set in manual mode, the vertical clamp engages automatically when the sand magazine reaches the limit of the blow position. However, with the selector switch for the vertical clamp set in the automatic mode, the vertical clamp will not engage automatically when the sand magazine reaches the limit of the blow position. The selector switch for the vertical clamp was in the manual setting when Employee# 1 put his right hand on top of the sand magazine to check for sand. When the sand magazine reached the limit of the blow position, the vertical clamp engaged automatically, catching his right middle finger, and resulting in an oblique partial amputation of the distal phalanx on the right middle finger.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, October 4th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Decatur, IL after learning of an incident at Decatur Foundry Inc. which had occured on Monday, September 25th 2017. A 22 year old man working as a Molding was injured on the job when the employee sustained finger amputation and laceration in mixer'
OSHA ID99597.015
Accident Date2017-09-25
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 8:40 a.m. on September 25, 2017, Employee #1 was working at the east mixer in the black building, filling sand molds and noticed that the sand was not flowing out of the spout very quickly. A guard that had been welded over the spout was missing. The employee reached his right hand into the mixer's spout while the machine was running, in order to try to clear any sand that might have been obstructing the flow. His hand contacted the mixer's tines and the employee's right middle finger was amputated at the distal phalange joint and the right ring fingertip was lacerated.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
23.4
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 875
204.3%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 71