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OSHA Injury Report: Kawneer Company, Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Kawneer Company, Inc. in 500 East 12th St., Bloomsburg, PA 17815 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production Operator in doors, metal, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Kawneer Company, Inc.
Parent company
Kawneer Company, Inc.
Street
500 East 12th St.
City
Bloomsburg
State
PA
ZIP
17815
On-site location
Shipping Stanchion

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
114

Before the incident

Creating a shipping bundle

What happened

On [REDACTED] at approximately [REDACTED] a shipping employee was building a 3 ft tall bundle of boxes to ship. As the employee was rigging the bundle strap to the spreader bar one end of the strap fell to the floor on the opposite side of the boxes. The employee bent over the bundle to retrieve the strap. While doing so the employee felt a pull in the right knee losing the ability to stand. The employee was taken to the company clinic where a diagnosis of a right knee strain with possible internal damage and a prescription of anti-inflammatory medication were provided. The employee was restricted to seated work.

Injury or illness

Torn miniscus

Object or substance involved

Product boxes

Summary line

Instantaneous strain sprain to the knee

Employee and industry

Job description
Production Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
332321 — Doors, metal, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
417
Total hours worked
937026
Establishment ID
882317
Employer case #
S23_000022

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:45:00.000
Submitted
03MAR24:01:30:00

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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.