Akron, OH —
OSHA Injury Report: Roechling Automotive USA LLP (Akron, OH)
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Roechling Automotive USA LLP (Akron, OH) in Akron, OH 44312 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance in motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Roechling Automotive USA LLP (Akron, OH)
- Parent company
- Rochling Automotive
- Street
- 2275 Picton Parkway
- City
- Akron
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 44312
- On-site location
- IMM (Injection Mold Machine)
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 25
Before the incident
Troubling shooting the feed throat to see if screw was rotating because plastic was not purging in the IMM
What happened
Plastic overheated in the screw and escaped via the feed throat access space up towards the IW.
Injury or illness
Hot plastic sprayed upward from the feed throat access of the IMM and burned employees left hand and arm.
Object or substance involved
Third shift left the heat in the ON position of the IMM overnight instead of turning it to the OFF position.
Summary line
2nd & 3rd degree burn to hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 326199 — Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 161
- Total hours worked
- 346030
- EIN
- 571074661
- Establishment ID
- 914076
- Employer case #
- 23-2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 7:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 31JAN24:19:11:00
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.