Orwigsburg, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Shalmet
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Shalmet in Orwigsburg, PA 17961 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in polishing metals and metal products for the trade.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Shalmet
- Parent company
- Carpenter Technology
- Street
- 116 Pinedale Industrial Road
- City
- Orwigsburg
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17961
- On-site location
- 666 wire shaver take up
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 59
Before the incident
Please see answer to Question 15 below for details.
What happened
On [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] employee reported that their right ankle rolled heard felt a pop and was in pain at WC666 Wire Shaver). Reported the injury immediately to the supervisor The wire being processed was a brittle grade and pulled from the dog on the first wrap on the take up drum. The employee had to stop and resolve the wire form being pulled out of the dog. The employee had both feet on level concrete floor and was standing facing the take up reel. The floor under the employees feet was not slick from oil no coolant was present nor any tripping hazards where they were standing at the time of the injury. The employee was beginning to take a step pivot to the right to walk towards the ramp and they heard felt a pop in the right ankle as it rolled to the outside. The employee stated that they were not stepping down from the 7” work platform deck.
Injury or illness
Fracture Foot Ankle
Object or substance involved
Operator stepped on the side of her right foot
Summary line
Fracture Foot Ankle operator stepped on the side of her right foot Stepped on
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 332813 — Polishing metals and metal products for the trade
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 100
- Total hours worked
- 200496
- Establishment ID
- 1313053
- Employer case #
- 74
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:00
- Time of incident
- 22:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 05FEB26:14:59:00
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.