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OSHA Injury Report: Kalas Plant 2 - K2

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Kalas Plant 2 - K2 in 86 Denver Road, Denver, PA 17517 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was extrusion Operator in wire, copper (e.g., armored, bare, insulated), made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Kalas Plant 2 - K2
Parent company
Kalas Manufacturing Inc.
Street
86 Denver Road
City
Denver
State
PA
ZIP
17517
On-site location
Extruder 10

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Tightening a bolt on an extruder head

What happened

While attempting to tighten the bolt the bolt broke and the EE 's hand slipped causing his left arm to rub against the extruder head handle which contained a burr. This burr caused a large and several smaller lacerations on EE 's left forearm.

Injury or illness

1 large and several small lacerations

Object or substance involved

Sharp burr on the extruder head handle

Summary line

EE suffered a lacertation to the top of his left wrist while attempting to tighten a bolt on extruder head

Employee and industry

Job description
Extrusion Operator
SOC code
51-4021 — Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
331420 — Wire, copper (e.g., armored, bare, insulated), made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
129
Total hours worked
265303
EIN
231549292
Establishment ID
511468
Employer case #
3265

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:30:00.000
Submitted
19FEB24:01:09:00

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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.