Knoxville, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Republic Plastics, Ltd. TN-K1
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Republic Plastics, Ltd. TN-K1 in Knoxville, TN 37914 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was thermoforming Operator in dinnerware, polystyrene foam, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Republic Plastics, Ltd. TN-K1
- Parent company
- Republic Plastics, Ltd.
- Street
- 5316 S. National Drive
- City
- Knoxville
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37914
- On-site location
- Thermoforming line 8
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 29
Before the incident
Working on thermoforming line
What happened
Employee accidentally stepped onto foam sheet that unrolled onto the floor and fell backwards landing on her back buttocks on the concrete floor
Injury or illness
Lower back cervical pain and pelvic contusion
Object or substance involved
Contact with solid surface struck concrete floor
Summary line
Employee stepped on foam sheet that unrolled onto the floor and fell backwards landing on her back buttocks on the concrete floorl
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Thermoforming Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326140 — Dinnerware, polystyrene foam, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 202
- Total hours worked
- 387608
- EIN
- 742861781
- Establishment ID
- 71446
- Employer case #
- 250429-20
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 13:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 11FEB26:21:28:00
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.