Elkhart, IN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Elkhart Pouring Plant
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Elkhart Pouring Plant in 195 County Road 15, Elkhart, IN 46516 resulted in days away from work. Employee was OTR Truck Driver in polyurethane foam products manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Elkhart Pouring Plant
- Parent company
- Carpenter Co.
- Street
- 195 County Road 15
- City
- Elkhart
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46516
- On-site location
- Customer location
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 7
- Days restricted or transferred
- 173
Before the incident
Unloading carpet cushion rolls at customer locations
What happened
Employee stated he went to pcp for annual where it was found limited motion and knot. It is believed that repetitive lifting unloading of rolls from trucks contributed to this injury.
Injury or illness
Initially diagnosed as strain but later determined to be micro tears in rotator cuff requiring surgery.
Object or substance involved
Repetitive manual lifting
Summary line
Right shoulder strain rotator cuff tear from daily lifting of carpet cushion rolls
Employee and industry
- Job description
- OTR Truck Driver
- SOC code
- 53-3032: Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- NAICS code
- 326150: Polyurethane foam products manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 260
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 468,014
- EIN
- 540499731
- Establishment ID
- 127950
- Employer case #
- 7942
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 08:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-08
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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