Bloomsburg, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Kawneer Company, Inc.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Kawneer Company, Inc. in 500 East 12th St., Bloomsburg, PA 17815 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production Operator in doors, metal, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kawneer Company, Inc.
- Parent company
- Kawneer Company, Inc.
- Street
- 500 East 12th St.
- City
- Bloomsburg
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17815
- On-site location
- Stock Length Saw
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 2
Before the incident
Cutting scrap
What happened
On [REDACTED] at approximately [REDACTED] an employee operating the stock length saw was cutting a 289” starter billet for scrap. Following standard protocol the operator cuts the extrusion in half and then drags the cut piece back to the saw to cut each half again into 6’ lengths. This method is used to reduce the number of cuts from 3 to 2 improving efficiency. As the operator drug the cut extrusion back to the saw his hand was positioned on the end of the extrusion. Because the extrusion was flimsy the operator’s hand fell below the grade of the roller conveyor. His hand struck the plastic roller of the roller conveyor while the extrusion continued to travel in the direction of the operator’s hand. The force of the extrusion ripped open the top side of the employee’s left ring finger knuckle creating a deep laceration. The laceration was on the side of the finger in contact with the roller. The glove was not lacerated. The employee was sent to the facility clinic where sti
Injury or illness
Laceration
Object or substance involved
Roller conveyor
Summary line
Laceration cut
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 332321: Doors, metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 417
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 937,026
- Establishment ID
- 882317
- Employer case #
- S23_000022
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 09:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-01
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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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