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OSHA Injury Report: Mellott Wood Preserving Co., Inc.

Injury · Days away from work

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.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
31

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

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.

Contusion to lower back compressed disc

switch tie

compressed vertabre from being struck by falling tie

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
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:10:00.000
Submitted
02JAN24:20:45:00

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.