OSHA Injury Report: CANTEX INC.-Specialty Facility

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

employee attempted to clear the lodged pipe by moving two other pieces of pipe behind the lodged pipe.

What happened

The pipe was lodged under a lower a rail guard and after he moved the pipe from the mandrel the switch sensor was activated causing the lodged pipe to come under pneumatic pressure of the pipe moving mechanism to the turner. Once the employee cleared the lodged pipe from the underneath the rail guard it engaged the pipe moving arms and raised the lodged portion of the pipe directly upward and causing the end of the pipe to make contact the employees ' torso area causing a contusion. The employee was given a prescription for pain and written on restrictions making this an OSHA recordable medical treatment case with restrictions.

Injury or illness

Contusion

Object or substance involved

Pressurized PVC pipe

Summary line

Contusion to chest from pipe under pressure becoming dislodged from employee trying to clear it.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.