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Pleiger Plastics Company

Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds — WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Pleiger Plastics Company in WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Pleiger Plastics Company Report ID 2021119485
Address 498 Crile Road City, State ZIP WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA 15301
Event Date November 2, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds Body Part Knee(s)
Event Type Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. Source of Injury Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Casting machinery
Industry (NAICS) 325211 Inspection # 1565043
GPS Coordinates 40.20000, -80.25000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning a sheet casting machine when he slipped and fell into the machine. As the employee was thrown out of the machine, he hit his knee on the machine frame, causing a puncture wound.

Incident Summary

On November 2, 2021, a worker at Pleiger Plastics Company in WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA suffered puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds to the knee(s). The incident was classified as fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c., with floor, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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