Whately, MA —
OSHA Injury Report: Covestro Deerfield
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Covestro Deerfield in Whately, MA 1373 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in plastics film and unlaminated sheet (except packaging) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Covestro Deerfield
- Parent company
- Covestro LLC
- Street
- 8 Fairview Way
- City
- Whately
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 1373
- On-site location
- Line 7 die stand
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 75
Before the incident
Bending over and picking up startup donuts on Line 7.
What happened
The employee hurt their back earlier in the night outside of work. At work while the employee was picking up donuts turning twisting and throwing them onto the ground they felt their back go out in the same area as the injury [REDACTED] but in a worse way.
Injury or illness
Lower back strain
Object or substance involved
Lifting by bending twisting and throwing all at once
Summary line
Back strain from picking up startup donut
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326113 — Plastics film and unlaminated sheet (except packaging) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 151
- Total hours worked
- 287877
- EIN
- 061653740
- Establishment ID
- 197998
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 21:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 25FEB26:19:40:00
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.