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Metalcasting Injury Rates Climb for First Time Since 2004 Injury and incidence rates in
the metalcasting industry increased 11.5% in 2010, coinciding with an overall incidence rate increase in domestic manufacturing, according to the latest data from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). T e 2010 metalcasting industry rate, 9.7 cases per 100 full-time
workers (an 11.5% increase from 2009), remained below 2008 levels. T e metalcasting industry also saw a rise in cases where an employee spends restricted or transferred days away from a job, from 4.6 in 2009 to 5.1 in 2010. T e metalcasting industry reported declining injury and illness rates from 2005-2009. Iron metalcasting facilities reported
Recordable Injury and Illness Cases Per 100 Full-Time Workers Facility Type
All Manufacturing
Metalcasting Facilities Iron Metalcasters Steel Metalcasters
Steel Investment Casters Aluminum Metalcasters Aluminum Diecasters
2009 4.3 8.7
11.3 7.7 8.2 9
7.2
2010 4.4 9.7 12
10.4 6.1 8.9
10.9
the highest injury and illness rates (12), and non-aluminum nonferrous diecasting facilities recorded the largest increase, a 36.8% jump from 2009. Steel investment casting and non-diecasting aluminum plants improved safety rates. T e recordable injury and illness
cases for all manufacturing increased 2.3% in 2010, from 4.3 to 4.4.
Days Away, Restricted or Transferred Employees Per 100 Full-Time Workers
Facility Type All Manufacturing
Metalcasting Facilities Iron Metalcasters Steel Metalcasters
Steel Investment Casters Aluminum Metalcasters Aluminum Diecasters
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Single Crystal Offers Grain Structure Tips
I enjoyed the article on single
crystal casting (“How It’s Done: Single Crystal Casting,” August, p. 32). It was an eye opener. At Temco Engineered
Products, we make stamp steel and die castings for the truck industry and talk about grain structure occasionally. Lately, we have been having weld issues and have been looking at the grain structure. I recently did a presentation
to our front line supervisors on what grain structure really meant. The image of the turbine blades from the article was particularly telling, and I think it will be beneficial to share it with our production team in the future.
Jeffrey Davis
Temco Engineered Products
Clackamas, Ore. 12 | METAL CASTING DESIGN & PURCHASING | Jan/Feb 2012
2009 2.3 4.6 5.4 4.1 4.9 5.9 3.4
2010 2.4 5.1 5.6 6.7 4.1 4.7 5.7
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