Edelbrock Foundry LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jun 25, 2021: Employee incurs laceration from hammer shard

At approximately 10:20 a.m. on June 25, 2021, an employee at an automotive manufacturing facility was setting seals into auto parts using a hammer and punch. While striking the punch, a piece of the hammer face sheared off and struck the employee's inner left arm, causing a laceration. The employee was transported to Kaiser Riverside Hospital and admitted for one day of treatment. Proper personal protective equipment to shield against hammer shards was identified as a factor that could have prevented the injury.

Incident on Aug 14, 2007: Employee's arm is burned and cut in machinery

At approximately 8:30 a.m. on August 14, 2007, an employee, a machine operator w as running a Beardsley & Piper COREMATIC Shell Core Machine Model SF-6- CA autom atic machine. The machine inadvertently cycled as he reached into the corebox to remove a core from the machine with his right hand. His right hand and arm were burned and crushed when it was caught between the corebox clamp platen and the stationary platen. He rolled over the machine as it cycled, landing on the concr ete floor opposite the operator's station. The paramedics responded and airlifte d the employee to the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, California. The employee was admitted to the burn ward of the hospital with severe lacerations and burns to his right lower arm and hand.

Incident on Mar 18, 2004: Employee injured when right arm is caught in molding machine

At approximately 12:45 p.m. on March 18, 2004, Employee #1 was working as a Lead Machine Operator for Edelbrook Foundry Corporation. Edelbrook Foundry Corporati on is engaged in making aluminum molds. The molds are shipped to the Edelbrook M achine Shop in Torrance California for machining, packaging and distribution. Th e employee sustained deep lacerations to his right forearm when his arm got caug ht between a moving mold transfer car and the automatic car-top cleaner-wiper of the Flaskless Mold Handling and Sand System for the Sinto Model FBM-2T Molding Machine. Coworkers came to the employee's aid and drove him to the Hemet Valley Medical Center, Hemet, California, where he was hospitalized for six days.