Carnegie, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Pittsburgh Operations
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Pittsburgh Operations in 500 Noblestown Road, Carnegie, PA 15106 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was backhoe Opeator in water treatment and distribution.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Pittsburgh Operations
- Parent company
- PA American Water
- Street
- 500 Noblestown Road
- City
- Carnegie
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 15106
- On-site location
- distribution system- 6104 library rd, Bethal Park
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning up site to head back to [REDACTED].
What happened
Employee was in the process of securing the small backhoe bucket in the loader end of the backhoe. While moving the small bucket into position (halfway point of bucket) to allow for the loader to curl the bucket in position the small bucket shifted twisted (believed to have been sitting on a nut bolt). As it shifted he quickly moved his right hand in an upward motion however this resulted in ring finger on his right hand to get pinched between the top of the bucket and the top of the loader.
Injury or illness
Employee had hairline fracture and dislocated his distal phalanx joint (joint closest to fingernail) Employee also received stitches
Object or substance involved
Backhoe rear bucket
Summary line
Employee was securing bucket when finger was pinched resulting in a hariline fracture.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Backhoe Opeator
- SOC code
- 47-5022: Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface
- NAICS code
- 221310: Water treatment and distribution
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 116
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 238,741
- EIN
- 251008096
- Establishment ID
- 128697
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 22:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-11
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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