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OSHA Injury Report: Owens-Illinois Glass Container

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Owens-Illinois Glass Container in 1700 State Street, Zanesville, OH 43701 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Apprentice in glass packaging containers manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Owens-Illinois Glass Container
Parent company
Owens-Illinois Glass Container
Street
1700 State Street
City
Zanesville
State
OH
ZIP
43701
On-site location
Maintenance

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
7

Before the incident

Two maintenance employees were dumping a scrap metal drum into the scrap dumpster with a drum tipper attachment on a forklift and while one employee was manually rotating the drum forward.

What happened

The employee’s thumb was caught between the tipper handle and the side of the tipper.

Injury or illness

Crushing and laceration to right thumb.

Object or substance involved

Drum tipper

Summary line

An employee fractured and lacerated their thumb while manually rotating the a scrap hopper drum forward when their right thumb was caught between tipper handle and tipper.

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance Apprentice
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
327213 — Glass packaging containers manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
380
Total hours worked
741635
Establishment ID
1153354
Employer case #
12

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
23:00:00.000
Time of incident
2:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
23FEB24:18:41:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.