Littlestown Foundry, Inc.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified - Crushing injuries - LITTLESTOWN, Pennsylvania

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Littlestown Foundry, Inc. in LITTLESTOWN, Pennsylvania
Employer Littlestown Foundry, Inc.
Address 150 Charles Street
City, State ZIP LITTLESTOWN, Pennsylvania 17340
Report ID 2022010547
Event Date January 19, 2022
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Crushing injuries
Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 331524
Inspection # 1575569
GPS Coordinates 39.74249, -77.09088

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Incident Narrative

An employee's hand was caught and crushed by the automatic loading door on a molding machine.

Incident Summary

On January 19, 2022, a worker at Littlestown Foundry, Inc. in LITTLESTOWN, Pennsylvania suffered crushing injuries to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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