Lexington, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Blue Star Plastics
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Blue Star Plastics in 201 W Loudon Ave, Lexington, KY 40508 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mold Setter in motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Blue Star Plastics
- Parent company
- Blue Star Plastics
- Street
- 201 W Loudon Ave
- City
- Lexington
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40508
- On-site location
- Mold
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
TM was changing the mold on press D1
What happened
Employee [REDACTED] was preparing to change press D1 mold. The belt was collapsing and he bent down to tried to stabilize the belt legs. The belt collapsed on the back of his head. There was no injuries such as lacerations or knots. He did have a short amount of dizziness. I told him to just sit there for a while and don’t be in a rush to get up.
Injury or illness
Struck by ( Face)
Object or substance involved
Conveyor belt
Summary line
Struck by conveyor belt
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Mold Setter
- SOC code
- 51-4072: Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- NAICS code
- 326199: Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 87
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 188,043
- EIN
- 611042820
- Establishment ID
- 957754
- Employer case #
- 2303
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 03:15
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-01
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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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