Stoystown, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Highland Tank, LLC (Stoystown, PA)
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Highland Tank, LLC (Stoystown, PA) in 1 Highland Road, Stoystown, PA 15563 resulted in days away from work. Employee was fitter in bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Highland Tank, LLC (Stoystown, PA)
- Parent company
- Highland Tank, LLC
- Street
- 1 Highland Road
- City
- Stoystown
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 15563
- On-site location
- Big Room Lower
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 4
Before the incident
Rigging steel plate for transport with overhead [REDACTED]
What happened
The injured employee and another employee were working together to rig up a stack of steel plate for transport with an overhead crane. When the other employee began to lift his end it caused the tank beside the steel pile to move. This caused the injured employee 's finger to be pinched between the tank and the steel chains that were used for rigging.
Injury or illness
Laceration to finger requiring stitches.
Object or substance involved
Rigging chain and tank shell
Summary line
Pinched and lacerated finger between chain and tank
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Fitter
- SOC code
- 51-2099: Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
- NAICS code
- 332420: Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 142
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 41,602
- EIN
- 933946181
- Establishment ID
- 1110595
- Employer case #
- HQ-23-24
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 14:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-07
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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