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OSHA Injury Report: Amcor Rigid Packaging

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Amcor Rigid Packaging in 6974 Schantz Rd, Allentown, PA 18106 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was injection Lead in bottles, plastics, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Amcor Rigid Packaging
Parent company
Amcor Rigid Packaging
Street
6974 Schantz Rd
City
Allentown
State
PA
ZIP
18106
On-site location
Injection Department Husky 17

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

The employee was the lead in the department and was assisting another operator on starting up the equipment at [REDACTED] 17. While having trouble making parts the employee stuck their fingers into the cavities to verify if the cavities had plastic inside and received burns from the leaking plastic.

What happened

The employee was the lead in the department and was assisting another operator on starting up the equipment at husky 17. While having trouble making parts the employee stuck their fingers into the cavities to verify if the cavities had plastic inside and received burns from the leaking plastic that became attached to their gloves. The employee needed to have the correct ppe glove to verify and did not have that on.

Injury or illness

2nd degree burn of multiple fingers of the right hand not including the thumb. 2nd degree burn of palm of right hand.

Object or substance involved

Machine cavities leaking plastic and not having the correct gloves on while troubleshooting

Summary line

2nd degree burn of multiple fingers of the right hand not including the thumb. 2nd degree burn of palm of right hand.

Employee and industry

Job description
Injection Lead
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
326160 — Bottles, plastics, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
271
Total hours worked
562944
EIN
364126680
Establishment ID
1291308
Employer case #
4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00
Time of incident
1:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:18:35:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.