Elkton, MD —
OSHA Injury Report: Appleton South
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Appleton South in Elkton, MD 21921 resulted in days away from work. Employee was manufacturing Operator Tech in all Other Plastics Product Manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Appleton South
- Parent company
- WL Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Street
- 100 Airport Road
- City
- Elkton
- State
- MD
- ZIP
- 21921
- On-site location
- Manufacturing
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
Before the incident
Associate notes that he was moving tape racks (approx. 400+ total) with a steel cart from shipping to sewing and another cart was in the hallway and he smushed his right hand between the steel bars on the carts.
What happened
Associate notes that he was moving tape racks (approx. 400+ total) with a steel cart from shipping to sewing and another cart was in the hallway and he smushed his right hand between the steel bars on the carts.
Injury or illness
Crushing injury of right hand initial encounter Hand Right
Object or substance involved
Steel Cart
Summary line
Crushing injury of right hand initial encounter Hand Right
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Manufacturing Operator Tech
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326121 — All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 171
- Total hours worked
- 266570
- EIN
- 510083365
- Establishment ID
- 932811
- Employer case #
- APSOU-202
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 13:00
- Time of incident
- 15:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 19FEB26:14:37:00
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.