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) - Bodymaker
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 13
Before the incident
Employee was changing stripper ring in bodymaker
What happened
Employee was leaning into Bodymaker machine to loosen bolts of the stripper ring retainer. As doing so TM felt a pop at lower left side of his back
Injury or illness
Back Strain
Object or substance involved
Loosening bolt
Summary line
Back (including dorsal muscles spine and spinal cord) (center)- Distention twist sprains strains tears-est machine open housing for can elevator
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 332431: 332431 Aluminum cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 287
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 577,505
- EIN
- 841326644
- Establishment ID
- 706346
- Employer case #
- 15002
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 02:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-27
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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