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OSHA Injury Report: Du-Co Ceramics Company

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Du-Co Ceramics Company in 155 South Rebecca Street, PO Box 568, Saxonburg, PA 16056 resulted in days away from work. Employee was large Extrusion Operator in electrical insulators, ceramic, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Du-Co Ceramics Company
Parent company
Du-Co Ceramics Company
Street
155 South Rebecca Street, PO Box 568
City
Saxonburg
State
PA
ZIP
16056
On-site location
Extrusion Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Lifting a heavy part onto racks.

What happened

[REDACTED] was running a heavy part with lifting and squatting to load onto racks. This was completed without incident but started noticing discomfort during set up of next part at approximately [REDACTED]

Injury or illness

Abdominal strain when lifting heavy part onto rack.

Object or substance involved

Lifting heavy part onto rack.

Summary line

[REDACTED] was running a heavy part with lifting and squatting to load onto racks. This was completed without incident but started noticing discomfort during set up of next part at approximately [REDACTED]

Employee and industry

Job description
Large Extrusion Operator
SOC code
51-9041 — Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
NAICS code
327110 — Electrical insulators, ceramic, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
129
Total hours worked
263436
EIN
251031756
Establishment ID
273785
Employer case #
21

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
0:30:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:02:58:00

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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.