Dynacast, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Sep 8, 2021: Employee punctures, cuts finger when caught in leak test mac

At 2:15 a.m. on September 8, 2021, an employee was working as a temporary employee at an aluminum components die casting manufacturer. The employee was employed by a staffing agency and was working as a packer at the site. The employee was calibrating a APTIV Model #9242099 Leak Testing Machine prior to testing the actual parts. As a packer, she was assigned to conduct a leak test of each individual component. The leak test machine requires calibration at the beginning of the shift. The employee put the rabbit (testing piece) into the machine and pressed the reset button. She then immediately pressed the cycle start (palm buttons) and the machine cycled. She then reached into the machine and the clamp attached to the pneumatic cylinders caught her left index finger. A coworker, who was her supervisor was on the floor, did not witness the accident. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a puncture wound and laceration to the finger.

Incident on Feb 21, 2019: Employee is struck by hot pressurized fluid, punctures thumb

At 7:00 p.m. on February 21, 2019, an employee was operating a press when he was struck by hot pressurized hydraulic fluid. The employee's thumb was punctured by the fluid and he was hospitalized.

Incident on Sep 29, 2017: Employee's finger is amputated by cnc machine

At 4:00 a.m. on September 29, 2017, an employee was operating CNC machine #4. The employee had placed a motor mount part inside the machine so it could be picked up by the machine and threaded. He pushed the "ready" button and the machine came around to pick up the part. However, the employee's hand was still inside of the machine when the machine clamped down on the part. The employee's right middle fingertip was amputated. The incident investigation determined that the company did not use the safety light curtains and interlock system, which would have automatically stopped the machine if hands, arms, fingers, or anything would cross the path of the light curtain field.

Incident on Nov 6, 2012: Press operator crushes both hands when equipment cycles

At approximately 4:30 p.m. on November 6, 2012, Employee #1, a 22-year-old male Pressing Machine Operators with Dynacast Inc., was employed as a temporary machi ne operator assigned to the production floor. Employee #1 was operating a punch press also known as trim press at the work station identified as T-21. When he r eached into the point of operation in an attempt to retreat work pieces the mach ine cycled and crushed both of his hands between the dies. Employee #1 was hospi talized for fracture injures to his hands as a result of the event. Employee #1 was a contract employee from a staffing agency at the time of his injury.

Incident on Nov 3, 1997: Employee burned from hot metal splash

At approximately 11:35 a.m. on November 3, 1997, Employee #1 standing in front o f a hot-chamber zinc die cast machine making repairs suffered burns to his face, neck and shoulder when the machine was accidentally activated.

Incident on Apr 26, 1995: Employee's finger amputated in press

Employee #1, a machine operator, was operating a Dynamold injection machine. Whe n he reached into the die area to adjust a small part with his left hand he acci dentally pushed one of the START buttons with his right hand, activating the mac hine. Employee #1's left middle finger was amputated at the first joint. The mac hine's two-hand trip was not properly configured, thus two hands were not requir ed to operate the machine.