Clairton, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: TYK America
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at TYK America in 301 Brickyard Road, Clairton, PA 15025 resulted in days away from work. Employee was laborer in refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile), nonclay, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- TYK America
- Parent company
- TYK America Inc.
- Street
- 301 Brickyard Road
- City
- Clairton
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 15025
- On-site location
- Old Mill Brick Crushing Machine
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 138
Before the incident
Employee had began crushing the first brick and had make 2 breaks.
What happened
Employee had reached his right hand into the brick crushing machine to maneuver the brick and his left hand was left on the controls. The employee 's left hand operated the down button on the machine causing the machine to strike his 4th and 5th digits of his right hand.
Injury or illness
Amputation of the distal phalanx of the right 4th digit and fracture of the right 5th digit.
Object or substance involved
Knuckle of the hydraulic cylinder.
Summary line
Amputation of the distal phalanx of the R 4th digit and 5th digit fracture from brick crushing machine.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Laborer
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 327120: Refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile), nonclay, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 21
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 38,274
- EIN
- 251415004
- Establishment ID
- 565303
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 08:22
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-22
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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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