Denver, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Kalas Plant 2 - K2
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Kalas Plant 2 - K2 in 86 Denver Road, Denver, PA 17517 resulted in days away from work. Employee was packaging in wire, copper (e.g., armored, bare, insulated), made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kalas Plant 2 - K2
- Parent company
- Kalas Manufacturing Inc.
- Street
- 86 Denver Road
- City
- Denver
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17517
- On-site location
- Rewinder 12
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
- Days restricted or transferred
- 24
Before the incident
Starting a job at CV 12 [REDACTED] using a wooden reel
What happened
While wooden reel was in motion EE leaned in too far making contact with the reel; EE suffered a splinter that went through his shirt and lodged into his chest just underneath the skin
Injury or illness
Splinter in his chest just underneath the skin
Object or substance involved
Wood splinter
Summary line
EE suffered wood splinter puncturing and becoming embedded under his skin on his chest; EE later complained of pain in his left achiles tendon area - possibly due to antibiotic prescribed for removal of splinter
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Packaging
- SOC code
- 53-7064: Packers and Packagers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 331420: Wire, copper (e.g., armored, bare, insulated), made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 129
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 265,303
- EIN
- 231549292
- Establishment ID
- 511468
- Employer case #
- 3261
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 22:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-18
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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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