Hiawatha, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Cope Plastics, Inc. - Cedar Rapids
Other illness · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an other illness at Cope Plastics, Inc. - Cedar Rapids in 920 N. Compton Drive, Hiawatha, IA 52233 resulted in days away from work. Employee was team leader fabrication in 332710 Machine Shops.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Cope Plastics, Inc. - Cedar Rapids
- Parent company
- COPE PLASTICS INC
- Street
- 920 N. Compton Drive
- City
- Hiawatha
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 52233
- On-site location
- Shop Floor CNC Mill
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
- Days away from work
- 21
- Days restricted or transferred
- 22
Before the incident
Installing and removing parts from mill.
What happened
Worker experiences numbness in left hand and fingers and sensation travels up forearm. Worker also experiences occasional shocking sensation to fingers from wrist when installing or removing parts from mill. Worker experiences popping and clicking in left wrist and drops smaller parts due to numbness in the left hand.
Injury or illness
Left Hand Wrist Carpal Tunnel
Object or substance involved
Unknown. According to the attending physician no single object or substance was identified as the direct cause; symptoms likely developed over time from repetitive hand use power tools.
Summary line
Left Hand Wrist Carpal Tunnel Neuropathy cause unknown
Employee and industry
- Job description
- TEAM LEADER FABRICATION
- SOC code
- 51-1011: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- NAICS code
- 332710: 332710 Machine Shops
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 30
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 76,221
- EIN
- 370774093
- Establishment ID
- 944707
- Employer case #
- CR0125
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-27
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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