OSHA data indicates injuries to metalcasters are once again declining after a spike in 2005.The metalcasting industry recorded a decrease in recordable injury and illness cases in 2005 after experiencing a rise in 2004, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the results of an Occupational Safety and Health Administration Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. agency established (1970) in the Dept. of Labor (see Labor, United States Department of) to develop and enforce regulations for the safety and health of workers in businesses that are engaged in interstate (OSHA OSHA n. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a branch of the US Department of Labor responsible for establishing and enforcing safety and health standards in the workplace. ) study. The administration indicated that metalcasting facilities reported 13.5 injuries or illnesses for every 100 full-time full-time adj. Employed for or involving a standard number of hours of working time: a full-time administrative assistant. full employees. The number is down from 14 in 2004--a 3.6% improvement--but remains higher than in 2003, when 13.1 incidents were recorded per 100 workers (Table 1). OSHA statistics indicate that metalcasting facilities experienced higher rates of illnesses and injuries than other manufacturing plants as a whole, which have 6.3 incidents per 100 full-time employees, as well as all other primary metal manufacturers (9.1 incidents per 100 full-time employees). Iron metalcasters recorded the highest rates of injury and illness, reporting a slight increase from 2004, and non-investment steel casters casters the small rubber wheels on surgical trolleys, patient stretchers, mobile equipment. conductive casters the casters are impregnated with carbon to facilitate the dispersal of static electricity from equipment. managed the lowest rate by posting the greatest margin of improvement over the previous year. Metalcasters also achieved a lower number of cases that resulted in days away, restricted or transferred employees than in 2004 (Table 2). With 6.6 such cases, the industry earned a 7% decrease. Table 1. Recordable Injury and Illness Cases Per 100 Full-Time Workers. Facility Type 2003 2004 2005 All Manufacturing 6.8 6.6 6.3 Primary Metal Manufacturing 9.6 10.0 9.1 Metalcasting Facilities 13.1 14.0 13.5 Ferrous Metalcasters 15.2 16.3 14.8 Iron Metalcasters (Ductile, Gray, Malleable) 16.0 17.0 17.1 Steel Investment Metalcasters 10.6 11.1 -- Non-Investment Steel Metalcasters 15.2 17.0 10.7 Nonferrous Metalcasters 10.4 11.0 11.7 Aluminum Diecasters 11.7 -- 12.1 Non-Diecasting Aluminum Metalcasters 10.7 13.2 13.3 Table 2. Cases with Days Away, Restricted or Transferred Employees Per 100 Full-Time Workers Facility Type 2003 2004 2005 All Manufacturing 3.8 3.6 3.5 Primary Metal Manufacturing 4.8 5.2 4.7 Metalcasting Facilities 5.6 7.1 6.6 Ferrous Metalcasters 6.1 7.8 6.5 Iron Metalcasters (Ductile, Gray, Malleable) 5.8 8.3 7.5 Steel Investment Metalcasters 6.2 5.9 -- Non-Investment Steel Metalcasters 7.2 7.2 5.0 Nonferrous Metalcasters 5.0 6.2 6.8 Aluminum Diecasters 5.4 -- 6.1 Non-Diecasting Aluminum Metalcasters 6.0 7.5 -- |
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