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OSHA Injury Report: Lion Brewery WB

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Lion Brewery WB in 700 N Pennsylvania Ave, Wilkes Barre, PA 18705 resulted in days away from work. Employee was filler operator in beverages, beer, ale, and malt liquors, manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Lion Brewery WB
Parent company
The Lion Brewery
Street
700 N Pennsylvania Ave
City
Wilkes Barre
State
PA
ZIP
18705
On-site location
Filler 2 crowner

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3
Days restricted or transferred
30

Before the incident

Clearing crown jam while holding manual jog button on filler 2

What happened

[REDACTED] got pinched in-between star wheels worker reached out and jogged line to free his hand crushing his finger

Injury or illness

finger tip amputation

Object or substance involved

Star wheel in manual jog mode

Summary line

crushed middle right finger in between star wheels causing loss of finger tip

Employee and industry

Job description
Filler operator
SOC code
51-9012 — Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
NAICS code
312120 — Beverages, beer, ale, and malt liquors, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
181
Total hours worked
404198
EIN
240645190
Establishment ID
949707
Employer case #
8

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
14:10
Filing year
2024
Submitted
27FEB2025:20:46:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.