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
- Age Oven Entrance
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 63
Before the incident
Loading the age oven
What happened
At approximately [REDACTED] three employees were loading the age oven. During the loading process the kicker plate was incorrectly installed. The kicker plate came loose and became jammed between the age oven chain and pallet. After attempting to unjam the kicker plate by pushing the pallet forward it was determined that the pallet was unable to be moved and the kicker plate needed to be removed by use of a sledgehammer. While one of the employees left to retrieve a sledgehammer the second employee called a fourth employee over to attempt to push the pallet forward. As the fourth employee attempted to push the pallet forward their left knee gave out. First aid was administered on-site. The employee did not want to go to the emergency room but instead requested to see the company doctor where they were diagnosed with Left Patellar Subluxation and prescribed restrictions of seated duty a maximum lifting weight of 10 lbs. and no repetitive bending or twisting.
Injury or illness
Left Patellar Subluxation
Object or substance involved
Pallet of extrusions.
Summary line
Instantaneous strain sprain to the right knee
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
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 01:30
- 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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