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OSHA Injury Report: Materion - Leesport

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Materion - Leesport in Leesport, PA 19553 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Tech in copper products made by rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased copper.

Establishment
Materion - Leesport
Parent company
Materion
Street
225 Peach Street
City
Leesport
State
PA
ZIP
19553
On-site location
FA200
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Torqueing a bolt on a flange

The seal from the roots blower at the [REDACTED] had failed Maintenance was tasked with replacing the seal The seal had to be torqued to 120 ftlbs at 8 bolts at the flange The only way to get to this flange to tighten these bolts is to lay flat on your back and reach up from underneath the flange As the maintenance technician was torqueing one of the bolts their hand slipped off of the wrench and into the frame of the machine The left middle finger came in contact with the machine with force causing the tip of the finger to break and split open

Nature of InjuryIllness Fracture crush or dislocation Body Parts FingersLeft

Contact with the steel frame of the machine

Nature of InjuryIllness Fracture crush or dislocation Cause of InjuryIllnessContacted by Body Parts FingersLeft Object Substance Contact with the steel frame of the machine

Job description
Maintenance Tech
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
331420 — Copper products made by rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased copper
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
150
Total hours worked
365412
Establishment ID
986763
Employer case #
US-PM - LE
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:50:00.000
Submitted
26FEB24:12:44:00

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.