Pottstown Trap Rock Quarries · Struck against stationary object
EE was cutting with torch and hit head on bottom of screen deck
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October 4, 2018
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Pikes Creek Asphalt & Crushed Stone · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was drilling a hole when the drill kicked back striking EE in the nose. EE was not diagnosed w/a fracture until 11/1/18
Pottstown Trap Rock Quarries · Struck by flying object
EE was cutting angle iron and the blade broke off cutting right leg.
Atkinson Materials (Div of Reading Mat) · Contact with hot objects or substances
EE got foreign object in ear.
Pottstown Trap Rock Quarries · Struck against a moving object
Employee sustained contusions to hip, knee and low back when crane stalled and tipped over.
August 31, 2009
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Pottstown Trap Rock Quarries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Struck on left thumb by rock which had jammed in crusher; sustained fracture of left thumb.
Pottstown Trap Rock Quarries · Struck by falling object
Large rock fell from the top of the crusher /feeder on to the grizzly below where the man was working and hit him on the Left elbow causing contusion and swelling of arm.
July 26, 2004
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Hilltop Quarry Div of Reading Materials · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING STEEL. A PIECE OF SLAG GOT INTO HIS EYE.
Pottstown Trap Rock Quarries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS OPERATING BACKHOE IN GUARD. BUCKET PIN FELL OUT. STEPPED OFF MACHINE TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.
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