Needmore, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Mellott Wood Preserving Co., Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Mellott Wood Preserving Co., Inc. in Needmore, PA 17238 resulted in days away from work. Employee was laborer in railroad ties (i.e., bridge, cross, switch) treating.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mellott Wood Preserving Co., Inc.
- Parent company
- Mellott Wood Preserving Co., Inc.
- Street
- 1398 Sawmill Rd
- City
- Needmore
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17238
- On-site location
- tie yard
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 31
Before the incident
Operating a fork lift set a bundle of switch timbers onto stringers missed a stringer with a timber attempted to lift it back onto the stringer by hand causing another timber to roll off the bundle
What happened
The timber struck the employee in the back causing EE to get pushed into a bundle causing contusions on EE 's lower back and minor cut on forehead from EE 's glasses.
Injury or illness
Contusion to lower back compressed disc
Object or substance involved
switch tie
Summary line
compressed vertabre from being struck by falling tie
Employee and industry
- Job description
- laborer
- SOC code
- 53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 321114 — Railroad ties (i.e., bridge, cross, switch) treating
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 33
- Total hours worked
- 63235
- EIN
- 232221782
- Establishment ID
- 46226
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 7:10:00.000
- Submitted
- 02JAN24:20:45:00
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.