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OSHA Injury Report: Pilkington North America, Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Pilkington North America, Inc. in 140 Dixie Highway, Rossford, OH 43460 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance in flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Pilkington North America, Inc.
Parent company
Pilkington North America, Inc.
Street
140 Dixie Highway
City
Rossford
State
OH
ZIP
43460
On-site location
Batch Plant Bucket Elevator

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
21

Before the incident

Spray painting buckets on Batch Plant Bucket Elevator

What happened

Maintenance Technician was about to place a spray paint mark on a couple of buckets on the batch plant bucket elevator to check for full travel after repairs to the bucket elevator had been completed. The spray can was placed too close to the moving bucket conveyor belt and came into contact with a bucket. The upward momentum created a pinch of the finger between the spray can and the bucket elevator steel housing.

Injury or illness

Laceration to distal right index finger requiring 13 sutures.

Object or substance involved

Spray can and bucket elevator steel housing.

Summary line

The employee was marking buckets on the batch plant bucket elevator when the spray can was placed too close to the moving bucket making contact with his right distal index finger requiring 13 sutures.

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
327211 — Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
443
Total hours worked
838130
Establishment ID
1527220
Employer case #
25-3

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
14:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02MAR26:21:33:00

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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.