SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA—
Pioneer Pole Buildings, Inc.
Exposure to environmental heat outdoor · Heat stroke, syncope
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Pioneer Pole Buildings, Inc., 716 South Route 183, SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA 17972 on — Heat stroke, syncope, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
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Final narrative
An employee worked on site from around 7:00 AM until 2:00 PM and then drove back to the shop. About an hour after his shift ended, he felt ill, lost consciousness, and had a seizure. The employee was hospitalized with heat-related illness.
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An employee was in the operator's basket of a telehandler, driving it off the back of a lowboy trailer. The telehandler slipped off the side of the trailer. The employee was ejected and fell to the ground, suffering several broken lower-back vertebrae and a broken right shoulder. He was hospitalized.
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An employee was climbing a ladder with a pneumatic nail gun. The nail gun actuated and sent a nail through his knee.
READING, PENNSYLVANIA—
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An employee was installing metal roofing for a new pole building. As he was coming down the roof for a break, he fell through a seam in the roof approximately 12 ft. to the ground below. The employee suffered a head injury, a broken left wrist, stitches above the left eye and right elbow and a bruised tailbone.
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