Carnegie, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Pittsburgh Operations
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Pittsburgh Operations in Carnegie, PA 15106 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was auto Mechanic in water treatment and distribution.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Pittsburgh Operations
- Parent company
- PA American Water
- Street
- 500 Noblestown Road
- City
- Carnegie
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 15106
- On-site location
- Mechanics Garage
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was disassembling the boom on backhoe to identify and fix a hydraulic leak.
What happened
Mechanic was disassembling the backhoe boom to find and fix an internal hydraulic leak. Employee removed 3 of the 4 bolts using an impact gun. The last bolt became rounded stripped and would not come off using the impact gun. The employee began using an air hammer chisel to spin remove the last bolt. The air hammer chisel was in their right hand. Their left hand was using a wrench secured to the nut on the backside of the plate. While using the air hammer it slipped off of the bolt and hit their left thumb.
Injury or illness
Laceration to Left Thumb
Object or substance involved
Air Hammer Chisel
Summary line
Laceration to Left Thumb resulting in 3 Sutures from air hammer chisel.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Auto Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-3023 — Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 221310 — Water treatment and distribution
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 120
- Total hours worked
- 258784
- EIN
- 251008096
- Establishment ID
- 128697
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 8:45:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:15:09:00
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.