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OSHA Injury Report: United Plate Glass Company (Butler)

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at United Plate Glass Company (Butler) in Butler, PA 16001 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was tempering Furnace Operator in glass products (except packaging containers) made from purchased glass.

Establishment
United Plate Glass Company (Butler)
Parent company
United Plate Glass Company (Butler)
Street
108 Grundman Drive
City
Butler
State
PA
ZIP
16001
On-site location
Tempering Furnace
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
37

Employee was going to move a rack of oversized glass over to the tempering furnace.

As employee was pushing a rack of oversized glass over to the tempering oven they felt a sharp pain in their lower stomach groin area - resulted in a hernia.

Hernia.

Rack of oversized glass.

Hernia caused from pushing a rack of oversized glass.

Job description
Tempering Furnace Operator
SOC code
51-9051 — Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
327215 — Glass products (except packaging containers) made from purchased glass
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
137
Total hours worked
260300
EIN
251405974
Establishment ID
954556
Employer case #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:30:00.000
Submitted
14FEB24:18:15:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.