Shoemakersville, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Shoemakersville plant
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Shoemakersville plant in Shoemakersville, PA 19555 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Mechanic in bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Shoemakersville plant
- Parent company
- Glen-Gery Corporation
- Street
- 423 South Pottsville Pike
- City
- Shoemakersville
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 19555
- On-site location
- Crusher House
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
The employee was removing a head pulley shaft to replace it because it was damaged.
What happened
The bearing could not be removed due to the damage of the shaft. The employee was using a hammer to remove the bearing due to the location a larger tool couldn 't be used. He hit the housing and it broke. A piece of the bearing ricocheted and struck the employee in the mouth.
Injury or illness
3 teeth were dislodged from employees mouth
Object or substance involved
Broken bearing
Summary line
Loss of teeth from broken bearing
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 327120 — Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 150
- Total hours worked
- 364345
- EIN
- 310943426
- Establishment ID
- 144287
- Employer case #
- 9
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 18:20:00.000
- Submitted
- 23JAN24:16:24:00
Source
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.