Butler, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: United Plate Glass Company (Butler)
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at United Plate Glass Company (Butler) in 108 Grundman Drive, Butler, PA 16001 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was cutter in glass products (except packaging containers) made from purchased glass.
Where did this happen?
- 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
- Cutting Table
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 125
Before the incident
Employee was attempting to center align a piece of glass on the cutting table.
What happened
Employee adjusted the settings for the edge deletion wheel to “[REDACTED]” rather than homing the wheel manually. The [REDACTED] was set for every 5th sheet of glass. The employee then went to back feed a sheet of glass and didn’t realize the sheet they were back feeding was the 5th sheet in the run so as they were centering aligning the sheet to be even on the table the edge deletion wheel “homed” and fractured the employee 's left hand.
Injury or illness
Fracture to left hand.
Object or substance involved
Edge Deletion Wheel on Cutting Table.
Summary line
Fracture to left hand due to hand getting caught in between cutting head and cutting table.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Cutter
- SOC code
- 51-9032: Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 327215: Glass products (except packaging containers) made from purchased glass
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 137
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 260,300
- EIN
- 251405974
- Establishment ID
- 954556
- Employer case #
- 9
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:00
- Time of incident
- 22:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-16
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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