TOPTON, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: EAST PENN DISTRIBUTION TOPTON
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at EAST PENN DISTRIBUTION TOPTON in TOPTON, PA 19562 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was fINISH FLOATER DRY END in motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Merchant Wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- EAST PENN DISTRIBUTION TOPTON
- Parent company
- EAST PENN MFG. CO. INC.
- Street
- 50 JEFFERSON STREET
- City
- TOPTON
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 19562
- On-site location
- REGULAR JOB ON-SITE
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 96
Before the incident
Loading Batteries on the rollers@ back of line and bottom layer was on 200 cardboard so batteries were very difficult to get off. Should be 500 cardboard with wax. Ran 31 's on 68# [REDACTED] and 78 's [REDACTED] all day using a hammer for protectors did not help. Thought the pain would get better but getting worse.
What happened
Pulling batteries off cardboard on bottom layer and had to turn them and apply 2 date codes before pulling them onto the rollers on finish line. Also running 78 's using a hammer and I 'm left handed. 31 's difficult also to get off cardboard or honeycomb. left handed. hard to pull push or lift batteries and use of a hammer is difficult.
Injury or illness
212 - SPRAIN
Object or substance involved
BATTERY
Summary line
SPRAIN ELBOW LEFT BATTERY
Employee and industry
- Job description
- FINISH FLOATER DRY END
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 423120 — Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Merchant Wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 531
- Total hours worked
- 1188683
- EIN
- 231315454
- Establishment ID
- 162194
- Employer case #
- 23-0226
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 12:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 12APR24:14:04:00
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.