Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Remcon Plastics Inc, 208 Chestnut Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA 19602
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was using a scissor lift to fill a mold on a rotational molder when the molder moved to the next step of the rotation while the scissor lift was still in its path. The scissor lift was pushed over and the employee suffered a broken right arm and injuries to the right foot, left ring finger, and left middle finger.
An employee was trying to remove a part from a mold. The lid of the mold struck his head, and he suffered a spine compression/bruise. He was hospitalized.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee was operating an overmolding injection machine. His left hand was crushed when the hydraulic plates came together to complete the overmold process. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left ring finger and abrasions on both sides of his hand.
On April 4, 2025, an employee was assembling a cooker and was positioning a shaft inside the shell. The shaft was lifted up on each end. When the weight is off the shell, cranes move north or south to position the cooker inside the shell. The cooker shaft suddenly moved and his right middle finger was caught between the cooker shell and a gauge block. The finger was amputated to the bottom of the fingernail.
An employee was using a floor-mounted vertical sander to deburr a part. The part got caught between the guard and the sander. The employee's hand was pulled in and the sander crushed the employee's fingers.
An employee was operating a wax injection die. The die's metal lid (which weighed about 125 pounds) fell on his hand. He suffered crush injuries to the index and middle fingers that required surgery.
On June 27, 2024, an employee was assembling a completed mold top weighing 1,261 pounds. The hook from the hoist was under tension. She went to adjust the hook and it moved, catching her left thumb against the mold top. She sustained an amputation to the tip of the thumb.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.