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OSHA Injury Report: Richmond

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Richmond in Richmond, IN 47374 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was extruder operator in polyethylene film and unlaminated sheet (except packaging) manufacturing.

Establishment
Richmond
Parent company
Transcendia
Street
300 Industrial Pkwy
City
Richmond
State
IN
ZIP
47374
On-site location
Building 305- line 7 Maxon Cutter
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Operator was using the J Hook Knife to slab material off the core to take to the grinding room. The knife jammed in the roll the safety plastic tip broke off and the knife freed itself and lacerated the employee 's palm. This cut through the level 6 glove he was wearing to perform the task.

Operator was using the J Hook Knife to slab material off the core to take to the grinding room. The knife jammed in the roll the safety plastic tip broke off and the knife freed itself and lacerated the employees palm. This cut through the level 6 glove he was wearing to perform the task. Operator was using the J Hook Knife to slab material off the core to take to the grinding room. The knife jammed in the roll the safety plastic tip broke off and the knife freed itself and lacerated the employee 's palm. This cut through the level 6 glove he was wearing to perform the task.

Diagnosis: Laceration to the right hand and right wrist. Six sutures needed to close wound.

J Hook Knife blade

Laceration to right wrist form J hook knife

Job description
extruder operator
SOC code
51-9041 — Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, O
NAICS code
326113 — Polyethylene film and unlaminated sheet (except packaging) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
138
Total hours worked
287777
Establishment ID
1517817
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
14:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:15:49:00

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.