Fitchburg, MA —
OSHA Injury Report: Avery Dennison
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Avery Dennison in Fitchburg, MA 14204651 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Technician in motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Avery Dennison
- Parent company
- Avery Dennison
- Street
- 224 Industrial Rd
- City
- Fitchburg
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 14204651
- On-site location
- A4 Mold Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 132
Before the incident
The employee was in the process of replacing a mold in a injection molding machine.
What happened
The employee who was working as a maintenance technician stated that during the process of installing mold 175-332 on machine A4 pain in the lower back was experienced. The employee was unable to specify the exact portion of the task that was being done when the discomfort appeared.
Injury or illness
The employee experienced pain to the lower back.
Object or substance involved
No object or substance directly harmed the employee.
Summary line
Back strain from twisting posture during mold change
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 326199 — Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 130
- Total hours worked
- 251022
- EIN
- 263306955
- Establishment ID
- 1473570
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 19:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 16FEB26:20:54:00
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.