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OSHA Injury Report: Potters Industries - Potsdam NY

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Potters Industries - Potsdam NY in Potsdam, NY 13676 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance in glass products (except packaging containers) made from purchased glass.

Establishment
Potters Industries - Potsdam NY
Parent company
Potters Industries, LLC
Street
72 Reynolds Road
City
Potsdam
State
NY
ZIP
13676
On-site location
Furnace Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Installing a flanged pipe 18 ' long 12 diameter for an air transport baghouse

'Pipe was supported by two chain hoists and partially by one forklift fork. When the injured employee pulled the pipe flange towards himself the flange slipped off o the forklift fork and the pipe moved towards him quickly smashing his right thumb between two flanges.

The right thumb was smashed above the first joint in the thumb-nail area. The injury was diagnosed as having a bone chip fracture.

Two flanges on a 12 pipe came together trapping the injured thumb between them.

Bone Fracture on right thumb from pinch point between two metal flanges

Job description
Maintenance
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
327215 — Glass products (except packaging containers) made from purchased glass
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
33
Total hours worked
64273
EIN
221933307
Establishment ID
67453
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:15:00.000
Submitted
10JAN24:14:55:00

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