Eau Claire, WI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Perrigo : Wisconsin (PWI)
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Perrigo : Wisconsin (PWI) in 5023 Venture Drive, Eau Claire, WI 54703 resulted in days away from work. Employee was manufacturing Operator in dry, Condensed, and Evaporated Dairy Products.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Perrigo : Wisconsin (PWI)
- Parent company
- Perrigo Wisconsin
- Street
- 5023 Venture Drive
- City
- Eau Claire
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54703
- On-site location
- Process Pump Gallery
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
Team advisor and operator were setting up Malto [REDACTED] for a CIP. To set up for this CIP you need to make some manual connections in a flowverter panel. The flowverter panel is about 9 feet off the floor.
What happened
A frame ladder to change the hose connection While on the ladder the operator unscrewed a triclover clamp and the cap flew off because it was under pressure from room temperature water. This caused the operator to fall off of the ladder and hit the floor.
Injury or illness
Fracture Wrist Right Wrist
Object or substance involved
Room temperature water under pressure in the line
Summary line
A frame ladder to change the hose connection While on the ladder the operator unscrewed a triclover clamp and the cap flew off because it was under pressure from room temperature water. This caused the operator to fall off of the ladder and hit the floor.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Manufacturing Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 311514: Dry, Condensed, and Evaporated Dairy Products
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 178
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 325,733
- EIN
- 201781050
- Establishment ID
- 1196485
- Employer case #
- 12
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 05:30
- 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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