Edison, NJ ·
OSHA Injury Report: Actavis Elizabeth LLC - Edison, NJ Location
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Actavis Elizabeth LLC - Edison, NJ Location in 47 Brunswick Avenue, Edison, NJ 08817 resulted in days away from work. Employee was packaging Material Handler in packing and preparing goods for shipping.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Actavis Elizabeth LLC - Edison, NJ Location
- Parent company
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA
- Street
- 47 Brunswick Avenue
- City
- Edison
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 08817
- On-site location
- Packaging line
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 66
- Days restricted or transferred
- 48
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
- Job description
- Packaging Material Handler
- SOC code
- 53-7064: Packers and Packagers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 488991: Packing and preparing goods for shipping
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 66
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 139,680
- EIN
- 222262218
- Establishment ID
- 98095
- Employer case #
- 2023-01
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:55
- Time of incident
- 01:20
- 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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