Abstract
Injuries experienced at a metal foundry depended on the employees’ job category, workstation, and length of employment. Employees faced different levels of risk depending on what they did, and where they actually performed their job. Grinders experienced more eye injuries, hot metal workers more heat injuries, and molders more strains, pulls, and tears. Overall, injury rates adjusted for exposure were significantly lower than expected for hot metal workers, and higher than expected for molders. Long term employees experienced lower accident rates. It was not possible to predict longevity on the job from any available time-of-entry data. It was not possible to predict subsequent accident involvement from time-of-entry data either. The implementation of drug screening had no effect on subsequent accident rates anywhere in the plant.
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