Knoxville, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Republic Plastics, Ltd. TN-K2
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Republic Plastics, Ltd. TN-K2 in Knoxville, TN 37914 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was technical Shift Lead in dinnerware, polystyrene foam, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Republic Plastics, Ltd. TN-K2
- Parent company
- Republic Plastics, Ltd.
- Street
- 5428 N. National Drive
- City
- Knoxville
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37914
- On-site location
- Maintenance Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Working in the maintenance area
What happened
Metal piece from portable grinder struck left leg causing laceration
Injury or illness
Lower leg laceration
Object or substance involved
Portable grinder striking loose piece of metal
Summary line
Employee picked up portable grinder and accidentally hit the power-on button striking a piece of metal that struck his left lower leg resulting in a laceration
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Technical Shift Lead
- SOC code
- 51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- NAICS code
- 326140 — Dinnerware, polystyrene foam, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 143
- Total hours worked
- 274179
- EIN
- 742861781
- Establishment ID
- 71440
- Employer case #
- 250526-50
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 14:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 11FEB26:21:51:00
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.