Hickory, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: HSM PTI (648)
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at HSM PTI (648) in Hickory, NC 28602 resulted in days away from work. Employee was packaging Tech in sheet, laminated plastics (except flexible packaging), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- HSM PTI (648)
- Parent company
- HSM Solutions
- Street
- 1505 13th St SW
- City
- Hickory
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28602
- On-site location
- Extruded plastics
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 40
- Days restricted or transferred
- 140
Before the incident
Trying to start the pelletizer
What happened
Employee was trying to start up the pelletizer and took off the discharge tube and reached in. When they did their finger were hit by the cyclone fan blades
Injury or illness
Amputation of a couple fingers
Object or substance involved
Fan blades
Summary line
Amputation of fingers
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Packaging Tech
- SOC code
- 53-7064 — Packers and Packagers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 326130 — Sheet, laminated plastics (except flexible packaging), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 107
- Total hours worked
- 173554
- Establishment ID
- 1311891
- Employer case #
- 19927
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 16:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 19JAN26:16:58:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.