OSHA Injury Report: Coke Northeast - Burlington

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

WRAPPING PALLET

What happened

[REDACTED] WAS AT THE WRAPPER DURING THE MIDDLE OF HIS SHIFT. HE WAS TRYING TO WRAP A PALLET WITH THE WRAPPER WHEN THE SHRINK WRAP DID NOT SECURE TO THE PALLETS. HE THEN TRIED TO CATCH AND PULL THE SHRINK WRAP AS THE ARM WAS GOING AROUND. HE MISSED THE WRAP AND THEN DECIDED TO HIT THE SHUT OFF BUTTON. [REDACTED] STEPPED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION OPPOSITE OF THE WRAPPING ARM AND THE ARM SWUNG AROUND AND HIT [REDACTED] AND PUSHING HIM INTO THE SUPPORT BEAM. THE WRAPPER STOPPED AND [REDACTED] WALKED AWAY. [REDACTED] THEN CAME TO ME AND LET ME KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND THAT HIS BACK AND CHEST HURT FROM THE INCIDNET. I THEN TOLD [REDACTED] TO GO HOME FOR THE REST OF THE DAY AND CONTINUE TO LET ME KNOW HOW HE WAS FEELING I ALSO TOLD HIM IF HE FELT LIKE HE NEEDED TO SEE A DOCTOR TO PLEASE DO SO. I KEPT IN CONTACT WITH [REDACTED] ALL WEEKEND TO SEE HOW HE WAS FEELING. ON [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WAS STILL FEELING DISCOMFORT AND SEEKED MEDICAL TREATMENT. [REDACTED] HAS A NOTE STATING HE NEEDS TO TAKE SO

Injury or illness

Abdomen Strain

Object or substance involved

WRAPPER

Summary line

[REDACTED] WAS AT THE WRAPPER DURING THE MIDDLE OF HIS SHIFT. HE WAS TRYING TO WRAP A PALLET WITH THE WRAPPER WHEN THE SHRINK WRAP DID NOT SECURE TO THE PALLETS.

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.