Greensburg, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Wabtec Rubber Products
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Wabtec Rubber Products in Greensburg, PA 15601 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in rubber goods, mechanical (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Wabtec Rubber Products
- Street
- 269 Donohoe Road
- City
- Greensburg
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 15601
- On-site location
- 3rd Floor of the Mix Building
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 4
- Days restricted or transferred
- 175
Before the incident
Please see answer to Question 15 below for details.
What happened
The employee was retrieving a 50lb bag of [REDACTED] from the top of a pallet on the 3rd floor of the [REDACTED] to load into a hopper. The pallet of 50lb bags was stacked approximately 10 bags high by the supplier which made the bags approximately at or above head height of the employee. The employee stated that while he was slowly pulling the bag towards him from the top he tweaked his neck and felt a pain in the area of the right side of his neck and right shoulder and down his right arm.
Injury or illness
Strain Neck Neck
Object or substance involved
The employee was pulling a 50lb bag of N339 Carbon Black towards himself from the top of a palletized stack approximately 9 bags high.
Summary line
Strain Neck Neck The employee was pulling a 50lb bag of [REDACTED] towards himself from the top of a palletized stack approximately 9 bags high. Lifting lowering carrying pushing or pulling
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326291 — Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 129
- Total hours worked
- 251563
- Establishment ID
- 1378269
- Employer case #
- 71
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:15
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 12JAN26:21:17:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.