Suwanee, GA —
OSHA Injury Report: Geiger Automotive USA, Inc
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Geiger Automotive USA, Inc in Suwanee, GA 30024 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was process Technician in motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Geiger Automotive USA, Inc
- Parent company
- Geiger Automotive
- Street
- 375 Satellite Blvd NE
- City
- Suwanee
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 30024
- On-site location
- Injection molding machine 7
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
He was preparing to clear the sprue bushing on a molding machine which was blocked with partially molten polymer
What happened
He inserted a long metal rod into the plugged bushing. This released a pocket of air pressure that had been trapped behind the blockage resulting in molten polymer being sprayed into his face.
Injury or illness
He had some burning and abrasion on his face initially thinking he had gotten some polymer in his eye but that was later determined not to be the case.
Object or substance involved
Molten polymer
Summary line
Employee incurred eye irritation from being struck in the face with molten plastic while purging the feed barrel on a molding machine.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Process Technician
- SOC code
- 17-3027 — Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- NAICS code
- 326199 — Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 148
- Total hours worked
- 277376
- EIN
- 273438571
- Establishment ID
- 873104
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 15:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23FEB26:14:41:00
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.