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OSHA Injury Report: HSM PTI (648)

Injury · Days away from work

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.

Establishment
HSM PTI (648)
Parent company
HSM Solutions
Street
1505 13th St SW
City
Hickory
State
NC
ZIP
28602
On-site location
Extruded plastics
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
40
Days restricted or transferred
140

Trying to start the pelletizer

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

Amputation of a couple fingers

Fan blades

Amputation of fingers

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
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
16:10
Filing year
2025
Submitted
19JAN26:16:58:00

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.