Jonestown, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: 277 CLS - JONESTOWN
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at 277 CLS - JONESTOWN in 3155 State Route 72 EXIT 90 OFF RTE 81, Jonestown, PA 170388741 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was production operator.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- 277 CLS - JONESTOWN
- Parent company
- TE Connectivity
- Street
- 3155 State Route 72 EXIT 90 OFF RTE 81
- City
- Jonestown
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 170388741
- On-site location
- 277 CLS - JONESTOWN
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Guiding a mold with left hand between injection molding press tie bars. Employee was raising mold out of the press with right hand holding crane hoist pendant to raise the mold
What happened
At [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] the 3rd shift supervisor was notified of a safety incident with one of the employees in Injection molding. While the employee was removing a mold from the press their finger was pinched between the mold and the tie bar. Upon the employee removing their glove their finger was already purple and starting to swell. The employee became very pale and lightheaded. First aid attendant encouraged employee to go to hospital. They contacted a family member to pick them up for transport to the hospital. Upon filling out incident report the operator said that this mold needs to be turned 90 degrees to get between the tie bars and then rotated back while inside the tie bars. The Injection Molding Group leader put the mold on the cart as it was hanging above the press when the employee walked away. The Supervisor also measured the mold and compared to the opening of tie bars confirming the employees statement around the small space this press has for this mold to go in. w
Injury or illness
Fracture
Object or substance involved
TIght space between tie bar and Mold
Summary line
Fracture to Left Finger caused by TIght space between tie bar and Mold
Employee and industry
- Job description
- PRODUCTION OPERATOR
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 334417
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 492
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 904,166
- EIN
- 980518048
- Establishment ID
- 178346
- Employer case #
- IN-2024081
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 03:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-24
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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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