Middlebury, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics in Middlebury, IN 46540 resulted in days away from work. Employee was oven Operator in coolers or ice chests, plastics (except foam), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics
- Parent company
- Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics
- Street
- 51703 Packard Dr
- City
- Middlebury
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46540
- On-site location
- Production Floor Oven
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 64
Before the incident
Getting powder ready for a mold from an automatic powder chute.
What happened
The chute became clogged. The operator reached up into the chute to unclog it with their left hand. Weight was placed on the scale causing the chute to close pinching fingers on his left hand.
Injury or illness
Amputation: tips of left middle and ring fingers.
Object or substance involved
powder chute
Summary line
Left hand middle and ring finger tip amputation
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Oven Operator
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 326199 — Coolers or ice chests, plastics (except foam), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 129
- Total hours worked
- 213525
- EIN
- 853336691
- Establishment ID
- 1117301
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:30
- Time of incident
- 23:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 20FEB2025:19:40:00
Source
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.