Holland, MI ·
OSHA Injury Report: PADNOS
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at PADNOS in 185 West 8th Street, Holland, MI 49423 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- PADNOS
- Parent company
- PADNOS
- Street
- 185 West 8th Street
- City
- Holland
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 49423
- On-site location
- Extruder Screen Change die Head area on the Sterling 4.5 Extruder
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 11
Before the incident
During start-up of the Sterling [REDACTED] [REDACTED] the die was froze off. In an attempt to unfreeze the die the machine was started with the die cold allowing the material to heat up or create friction heat and hopefully open the die. With extruder running the pressure built behind the die and screen changer. As the extruder screw turned pressure built behind the die and screen changer slide plate and the material became hotter until plastic was pressure released from the South Side of the screen changer plate. Material sprayed and hit the operator on their forearms. Operator was taken to the ER and checked out and released.
What happened
Hit by a moving flying or falling object
Injury or illness
Thermal Burn
Object or substance involved
Material
Summary line
Over pressure extruder screen changer
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 423930: Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 925
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 2,142,581
- Establishment ID
- 944262
- Employer case #
- IN-2023091
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 08:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-31
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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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