Reading, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: MCAM Reading
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at MCAM Reading in 2120 Fairmont Avenue, Reading, PA 19605 resulted in other recordable case. 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 Large Spinner
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Maintenance installed a inline filter on the NSM tank. Both the operator and maintenance started to blow back the line for 20mins as they should have. Operator then said he turned off the [REDACTED] and opened the bottom valve of the tank to let the capro monomer circulate. Operator said the agitator was on and the pump was spinning perfectly fine for 10 mins.
What happened
As operator was getting ready to begin casting he felt a burning sensation on his back when he turned completely around the monomer was already spraying at him. The operator had monomer on his back and got splashed on his left eye.
Injury or illness
Eye irritation.
Object or substance involved
Caprolactam
Summary line
The operator had monomer on his back and got splashed on his left eye receiving a chemical burn to his eye.
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
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 242
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 535,663
- EIN
- 510406796
- Establishment ID
- 652618
- Employer case #
- 23-02
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 21:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-24
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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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