BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA—
Reitnouer, Inc.
Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Reitnouer, Inc. , 5 E Pointe Drive, BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA 19508 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was under a tractor-trailer placing masking tape on items to be painted while a second employee was working on the airline for the air brakes. The second employee then tested the airlines, which caused a rear axel to fall on the first employee's left leg. The employee suffered lacerations and a possible fracture.
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BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA—
Reitnouer Inc
An employee was setting up a rail press machine. The press amputated the employee's right middle finger.
BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA—
Reitnouer, Inc.
An employee was trying to separate two wheel wells with a chisel and a mallet. The wheel wells came back and struck the employee's finger, causing a split finger and an amputation.
BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA—
Reitnouer, Inc.
As the injured employee was kneeling down and rolling rims to a coworker, a third employee engaged him in a verbal confrontation and kicked him in the face while wearing steel-toed shoes. The injured employee was hospitalized with blunt force trauma to the head.
BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA—
Reitnouer, Inc.
An employee needed to access a trailer to untangle a strap. While climbing a 4-foot ladder he lost his balance and fell to the floor, breaking a vertebra in his back.
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