Reading, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: MCAM Reading
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at MCAM Reading in Reading, PA 19605 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was cast Operator in profile shapes (e.g., plate, rod, sheet), laminated plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- MCAM Reading
- Parent company
- Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials
- Street
- 2120 Fairmont Avenue
- City
- Reading
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 19605
- On-site location
- Cast Mandrel Cell
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 17
Before the incident
Loading the 2100lb Pfaudler (mobile monomer tank) with approximately 700lbs of monomer on a scale.
What happened
Operator went to pull the Pfaudler off the scale with his left hand. The wheel got cause in the gap between the floor and the scale. So he used more force to overcome that gap and felt a pain in his left shoulder that extended down to his left chest. Injury was a strain to the left shoulder and chest.
Injury or illness
Strained shoulder and pectoral muscle
Object or substance involved
Mobile monomer tank
Summary line
Injury was a strain to the left shoulder and chest.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Cast Operator
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 326130 — Profile shapes (e.g., plate, rod, sheet), laminated plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 242
- Total hours worked
- 535663
- EIN
- 510406796
- Establishment ID
- 652618
- Employer case #
- 23-01
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 20:14:00.000
- Submitted
- 24JAN24:18:34:00
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.