Arlington, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: Petmate
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Petmate in Arlington, TX 76017 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Tech in bowls and bowl covers, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Petmate
- Parent company
- Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Street
- 800 West Stephens
- City
- Arlington
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 76017
- On-site location
- Press 17A
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Setting up to fill gearbox with oil
What happened
A Maintenance Mechanic was putting oil into a gearbox for press 17A. He and another mechanic were standing on a set of mobile stairs attempting to adjust the 55 gallon barrel of oil to line up the spicket to fill the gearbox They were twisting and turning the barrel as it hung from the hoist that was being held in the air by forklift. They loosened the clip so it could move freely. As they began to twist it again the barrel slipped out of the hoist and fell to the ground and it took the person holding it with them and he fell striking his head on the frame causing a laceration requiring stitches.
Injury or illness
Laceration - head
Object or substance involved
slip and fall frame of the forklift mast
Summary line
A Maintenance Mechanic was putting oil into a gearbox for press 17A. He and another mechanic were standing on a set of mobile stairs attempting to adjust the 55 gallon barrel of oil to line up the spicket to fill the geatbox They were twisting and tuenin
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Tech
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 326199 — Bowls and bowl covers, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 565
- Total hours worked
- 1222370
- Establishment ID
- 452815
- Employer case #
- 17
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 21:50:00.000
- Submitted
- 26FEB24:20:32:00
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.