Pittston, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Ball Beverage Pkg 178 Pittston
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Ball Beverage Pkg 178 Pittston in 140 Industrial Drive, Pittston, PA 18640 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in 332431 Aluminum cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ball Beverage Pkg 178 Pittston
- Parent company
- Ball Corporation
- Street
- 140 Industrial Drive
- City
- Pittston
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18640
- On-site location
- Can Line (Beverage)-Palletizer
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
Clearing palletizer faults
What happened
While evaluating sheet placement issues on the line 1 palletizer the sweep traveled forward causing the sheet plunger to come in contact with the employee’s upper body.
Injury or illness
Abrasions and lacerations above right ear.
Object or substance involved
Struck by a moving object - palletizer plunger.
Summary line
Head abrasions - struck by [REDACTED] Palletizer plungers
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 332431: 332431 Aluminum cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 261
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 527,195
- EIN
- 841326644
- Establishment ID
- 706346
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:45
- Time of incident
- 12:47
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-29
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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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