Spartanburg, SC, SC —
OSHA Injury Report: YTWS SPA Plant
Injury · Death
At a glance
On , an injury at YTWS SPA Plant in Spartanburg, SC, SC 29301 resulted in death. Employee was tire Builder in aircraft tire manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- YTWS SPA Plant
- Parent company
- Yokohama TWS North America Inc.
- Street
- 570 Trelleborg Dr.
- City
- Spartanburg, SC
- State
- SC
- ZIP
- 29301
- On-site location
- TBM 3 Stage 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Death (code 1)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Date of death
Before the incident
Operator was applying plys to the build drum. He reached into the machine under the shaft to reach the opposite side of the bladder to soap it.
What happened
Operator entered the machine operating area while the machine was in automatic mode.
Injury or illness
Left side ribcage crushing injury between bladder and pushers resulting in immediate death.
Object or substance involved
Tire building machine parts (bladder and pusher).
Summary line
Crush Injury while building tire entered into machine while in automatic mode
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Tire Builder
- SOC code
- 51-9197 — Tire Builders
- NAICS code
- 326211 — Aircraft tire manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 120
- Total hours worked
- 244419
- EIN
- 61316073
- Establishment ID
- 849893
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 21:06:00.000
- Submitted
- 09FEB24:20:07:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.