Luxemburg, WI ·
OSHA Injury Report: N.E.W. Plastics Corp
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at N.E.W. Plastics Corp in 112 4th Street, Luxemburg, WI 54217 resulted in days away from work. Employee was process Tech in bottles, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- N.E.W. Plastics Corp
- Parent company
- N.E.W. Plastics Corp
- Street
- 112 4th Street
- City
- Luxemburg
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54217
- On-site location
- Line 509 Extruder
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 49
- Days restricted or transferred
- 15
Before the incident
Cleaning and making an adjustment to the pins
What happened
temp control was overriding by 200+ degree for the 509 machine causing plastic to become liquid inside and it blew out while the process tech was doing a repetitive portion of the job on the machine.
Injury or illness
burns to both arms and left side of face neck
Object or substance involved
Melted plastic that had turned to liquid due to overriding heat sensor
Summary line
temp control overheated by 200 degrees and caused the plastic to become liquid inside the extruder blowing out of the center tip and onto [REDACTED]. Machine was off this was due to the heat overriding. This resulted in burns to his arms and neck face
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Process Tech
- SOC code
- 17-3027: Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- NAICS code
- 326160: Bottles, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 140
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 267,811
- EIN
- 391097483
- Establishment ID
- 1009726
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 12:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-09
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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