OSHA Injury Report: Actavis Elizabeth LLC - Edison, NJ Location

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was working on the bottle unscrambler equipment on packaging line. Bottles had fallen on the floor and he was trying to pick them up. One of the bottle had gone underneath the equipment and he was kneeling on his left knee but had to kneel on right knee to access the bottle.

What happened

Employee was working on the bottle unscrambler equipment on packaging line. Bottles had fallen on the floor and he was trying to pick them up. One of the bottle had gone underneath the equipment and he was kneeling on his left knee but had to kneel on right knee to access the bottle. While trying to kneel on his right knee he felt a sharp pain.

Injury or illness

Employee was in process of picking up fallen bottles from the floor. Employee was kneeled on his left knee and to access a bottle which had gone under the equipment he had to kneel on both legs. While trying to kneel his right knee he felt a sharp pain likely suffering a strain in knee.

Object or substance involved

No object or substance harmed the employee. Employee was in process of kneeling his right knee when he felt pain in knee before even it touched the floor.

Summary line

Employed was kneeling down to pick up an empty plastic bottle fallen on the floor and felt sharp pain in his right knee. Employee experienced a musculoskeletal injury.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

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.