Fort Loudon, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Epiroc Drilling Tools LLC
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Epiroc Drilling Tools LLC in Fort Loudon, PA 17224 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was welder in drilling equipment, underground mining-type, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Epiroc Drilling Tools LLC
- Parent company
- Epiroc Drilling Tools LLC
- Street
- 13278 Lincoln Way West
- City
- Fort Loudon
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17224
- On-site location
- In weld bay 1 of building 3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 9
Before the incident
The employee was working in the weld bay and was setting up 3 parts to be welded together.
What happened
The employee had 3 lugs staged to be welded one of the lugs was not to the right size which caused it to fall. As it was falling the employee attempted to catch the falling lug which then caused the injury from the sudden strain.
Injury or illness
Strain of muscle and tendon of unspecified wall of thorax
Object or substance involved
Suddenly attempting to catch a lug.
Summary line
Strain of muscle and tendon of unspecified wall of thorax from catching a lug that was falling.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder
- SOC code
- 51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 333131 — Drilling equipment, underground mining-type, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 125
- Total hours worked
- 247940
- EIN
- 201417877
- Establishment ID
- 354702
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 9:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 01MAR24:18:09:00
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.