Reading, PA · 2025-02-05

OSHA Injury Report: MCAM Reading

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On 2025-02-05, an injury at MCAM Reading in 2120 Fairmont Avenue, Reading, PA 19605 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in profile shapes (e.g., plate, rod, sheet), laminated plastics, manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment: MCAM Reading
Parent company: Mitsubishi Chemical Group
Street: 2120 Fairmont Avenue
City: Reading
State: PA
ZIP: 19605
On-site location: Fabrication, Planing

What was the outcome?

Outcome: Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type: Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred: 22

Before the incident

employee was operating planer

What happened

employee felt pain in thumb base when grasping plates

Injury or illness

employee diagnosed with synovitis and tenosynovitis on L thumb base from repetitive motion grasping

Object or substance involved

repetitive motion grasping

Summary line

Synovitis and tenosynovitis L thumb base repetitive grasping

Employee and industry

Job description: Machine Operator
SOC code: 51-4199: Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code: 326130: Profile shapes (e.g., plate, rod, sheet), laminated plastics, manufacturing
NAICS vintage: 2022
Employees at this establishment (2025 average): 240
Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total): 515,619
Establishment ID: 1314400
Employer case #: 25-01

When (timing detail)

Date of incident: 2025-02-05
Time of incident: Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
Filing year: 2025
Submitted to OSHA: 2026-01-13