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OSHA Injury Report: Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC in Tonawanda, NY 14150 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mechanic in motor vehicle tires manufacturing.

Establishment
Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC
Parent company
Sumitomo Rubber
Street
10 Sheridan Dr.
City
Tonawanda
State
NY
ZIP
14150
On-site location
Building 14 B row at press 53
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was changing out a center mechanism on Press 53. Employee stepped from a crouch position over trench in doing so he hit his head on a fork of a forklift that had a boom attached to it to lift the center mechanism.

Employee was changing out a center mechanism on Press 53. Employee stepped from a crouch position over trench in doing so he hit his head on a fork of a forklift that had a boom attached to it to lift the center mechanism.

Contusion Bruise Head other than face Skull

Forklift Fork

Employee was changing out a center mechanism on Press 53. Employee stepped from a crouch position over trench in doing so he hit his head on a fork of a forklift that had a boom attached to it to lift the center mechanism.

Job description
Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
326211 — Motor vehicle tires manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1487
Total hours worked
2629664
Establishment ID
449129
Employer case #
857
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Submitted
05FEB24:18:09:00

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.