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OSHA Injury Report: Berry Global Films - Matthews, NC

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Berry Global Films - Matthews, NC in Matthews, NC 28105 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator Lead in film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing.

Establishment
Berry Global Films - Matthews, NC
Parent company
Berry Global
Street
303 Seaboard Dr.
City
Matthews
State
NC
ZIP
28105
On-site location
Line 36 Winder
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
111
Days restricted or transferred
27

The employee was checking the line over when they noticed a wrap-up on the drum roll

A wrap-up occurred on the drum roll of the winder and the employee was troubleshooting the wrap-up while the winder was rotating. The employee reached under to troubleshoot when the film caught the left hand and pulled the hand into the winder

Degloving to the left hand requiring sutures and a minor fracture to the thumb

Driven Drum roll on the winder

Avulsion Hand Left Side

Job description
Machine Operator Lead
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
326112 — Film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
197
Total hours worked
403687
Establishment ID
857078
Employer case #
2024-59523
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
9:37
Filing year
2024
Submitted
18FEB2025:21:00:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.