Hickory, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Hickory - Flexible Packaging - E025
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Hickory - Flexible Packaging - E025 in Hickory, NC 28602 resulted in days away from work. Employee was press Operator in flexible Packaging.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Hickory - Flexible Packaging - E025
- Parent company
- Sonoco
- Street
- 1246 Main Ave SE
- City
- Hickory
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28602
- On-site location
- Press 13 Deck 9
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 26
Before the incident
Employee was cleaning around the press for a planned [REDACTED] event.
What happened
Employee was cleaning a chamber within the Press. Chamber went crooked. Operator tried to re center the chamber when he reached underneath and grabbed the doctor [REDACTED] resulting in cutting his finger
Injury or illness
Partially torn tendon to top of the left hand middle finger.
Object or substance involved
Doctor Blade
Summary line
Employee was cleaning a chamber within the Press. Chamber went crooked. Operator tried to re center the chamber when he reached underneath and grabbed the doctor [REDACTED] resulting in cutting his finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Press Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4031 — Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- NAICS code
- 326112 — Flexible Packaging
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 130
- Total hours worked
- 271017
- EIN
- 570248420
- Establishment ID
- 494963
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 15:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 26FEB2025:15:20:00
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.