Towanda, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: North America : Towanda
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at North America : Towanda in 825 Shiner Rd., Towanda, PA 18848 resulted in days away from work. Employee was material Handler in reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- North America : Towanda
- Parent company
- Jeld-Wen Inc.
- Street
- 825 Shiner Rd.
- City
- Towanda
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18848
- On-site location
- MIratec staging area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Employee was setting a load of Miratec in the staging area. Employee reversed and caught the retraction collar of the overhead electrical cord in the PIT mast. The cord snapped off and the frayed wires swung back into the PIT cab and struck employee in the chest.
What happened
Employee was setting a load of Miratec in the staging area. Employee reversed and caught the retraction collar of the overhead electrical cord in the PIT mast. The cord snapped off and the frayed wires swung back into the PIT cab and struck employee in the chest.
Injury or illness
Electrical Shock Chest Chest
Object or substance involved
Broken frayed wires
Summary line
The cord snapped off and the frayed wires swung back into the PIT cab and struck employee in the chest.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Material Handler
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 321219: Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 503
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,016,781
- EIN
- 930496342
- Establishment ID
- 872993
- Employer case #
- 210
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-07
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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