Philadelphia, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: American Cable company
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at American Cable company in 1200 E Erie Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19124 resulted in days away from work. Employee was injection Molder in current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- American Cable company
- Parent company
- American Cable company
- Street
- 1200 E Erie Ave
- City
- Philadelphia
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 19124
- On-site location
- Battery Cable
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 6
Before the incident
Employee was working on a molding machine
What happened
On [REDACTED] employee [REDACTED] was operating the molding machine. While holding the cable with his left hand he lowered the machine and his Thumb finger got caught. This happened because the employee did not follow the established safety and quality guidelines. He is supposed to use both hands outside of the mold part during this process but he improperly used only one hand to hold the cable in it.
Injury or illness
Left thumb finger fracture
Object or substance involved
Air pressure machine used for boots
Summary line
Employee [REDACTED] was operating the molding machine. While holding the cable with his left hand he lowered the machine and his Thumb finger got caught
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Injection Molder
- SOC code
- 51-4021: Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders,
- NAICS code
- 335931: Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 160
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 302,388
- EIN
- 232065104
- Establishment ID
- 1209111
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 09:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-25
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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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