Closter, NJ —
OSHA Injury Report: Elgen Manufacturing Company Inc
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Elgen Manufacturing Company Inc in Closter, NJ 7624 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was material Handling in sheet Metal Work Manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Elgen Manufacturing Company Inc
- Parent company
- Worthington Enterprises Inc
- Street
- 10 Railroad Ave.
- City
- Closter
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 7624
- On-site location
- Closter Film/Butyl
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 3
Before the incident
Film threading and scrap film refeed troubleshooting
What happened
The scrap film became caught on the back end roll. [REDACTED] then attempted to manually untangle the scrap film using their right hand. During this attempt the nip point rolls caught [REDACTED]s right thumb and pulled their hand downward into the rolls. [REDACTED] attempted to pull their hand free as the rolls continued to rotate and draw their hand inward.
Injury or illness
Crushing
Object or substance involved
Rotating nip point rolls
Summary line
Crushing to Right Fingers incl Thumb caused by Rotating nip point rolls
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Material Handling
- SOC code
- 53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 332322 — Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 421
- Total hours worked
- 337612
- EIN
- 842179020
- Establishment ID
- 1472570
- Employer case #
- IN-202512
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:00
- Time of incident
- 4:24
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 15FEB26:18:34:00
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.