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OSHA Injury Report: Teijin Automotive Technologies North Carolina Composites, LLC

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Teijin Automotive Technologies North Carolina Composites, LLC in Lenoir, NC 28645 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was press Operator in motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing.

Establishment
Teijin Automotive Technologies North Carolina Composites, LLC
Street
601 Hibriten Drive
City
Lenoir
State
NC
ZIP
28645
On-site location
Press 105 C5 Coil Wall
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

The employee was changing sandpaper on an orbital sander at the deflashing station. The employee was holding the sander in his right hand while pulling the sandpaper off with his left hand.

While the employee was pulling hard on the sandpaper the sandpaper came loose and his hand struck the metal edge of the deflashing table. The edge of the deflashing table was sharp causing a laceration

The deflashing table had a sharp protruding edge that caused a laceration to the employee 's left thumb that required 3 stitches.

The metal deflashing table.

Laceration to left thumb requiring suters

Job description
Press Operator
SOC code
51-4031 — Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
326199 — Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
186
Total hours worked
366785
Establishment ID
1097798
Employer case #
112823
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:30:00.000
Submitted
31JAN24:22:01:00

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.