Johnstown, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Johnstown Facility
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Johnstown Facility in 101 Bridge Street, Johnstown, PA 159022904 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Technician in powder made from purchased iron or steel.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Johnstown Facility
- Parent company
- North American Hoganas High Alloys
- Street
- 101 Bridge Street
- City
- Johnstown
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 159022904
- On-site location
- Abbot Finishing Area (Building #6)
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 175
- Days restricted or transferred
- 8
Before the incident
Maintenace employees had completed the installation of a new muffle in an annealing furnace. They were putting the muffle housing and components back together. One of the components was a lid at the discharge side of the annealing furnace.
What happened
The employee was working to move a 4.5ft x 2ft x .25 inch (face)plate with another employee at the discharge end of the Alloy Abbot annealing furnace. The plate was on a pallet. The employees were standing on ladders. As the employees lifted the plate off the pallet in order to reinstall on to the furnace the plate 's weight came off of the pallet and the injured employees right arm gave out and experienced a strain. The plate weighs approximately 40 kgs.
Injury or illness
Torn right bicep tendon
Object or substance involved
The lifting of the 4.5 ft x 2 ft x 0.25-inch face plate from the pallet to the furnace caused the injury to occur.
Summary line
Torn right bicep tendon
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 331221: Powder made from purchased iron or steel
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 117
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 222,988
- EIN
- 510286842
- Establishment ID
- 184829
- Employer case #
- 2024-11
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-27
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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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