Plainfield, IN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Niagara Bottling, LLC - Plainfield
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Niagara Bottling, LLC - Plainfield in 1250 Whitaker Rd, Plainfield, IN 46168 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Technician in beverages, naturally carbonated bottled water, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Niagara Bottling, LLC - Plainfield
- Parent company
- Niagara Bottling, LLC
- Street
- 1250 Whitaker Rd
- City
- Plainfield
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46168
- On-site location
- Production Floor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 54
Before the incident
team member began preparing for preform changeover on line 2. As TM opened door beside preform oven to clear out old preforms they bypassed the safety switch and turned blower back on to run out preforms into the scrap preform bin. One of the preforms became lodged and TM reached in to dislodge the preform. After struggling to dislodge the preform TM then placed other(left) hand inside cabinet to gain leverage.
What happened
When the preform was dislodged the TMs middle finger on their left hand became stuck in infeed star wheel. This caused deep lacerations on both sides of the finger as well as a fracture of the bone at the tip of the finger.
Injury or illness
Crush to middle finger on left hand
Object or substance involved
Infeed star wheel
Summary line
Crush to middle finger on left hand
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 312112: Beverages, naturally carbonated bottled water, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 128
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 274,139
- EIN
- 330843510
- Establishment ID
- 405077
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 23:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-22
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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