Sioux Falls, SD ·
OSHA Injury Report: Viaflex - Sioux Falls, SD
Respiratory condition · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a respiratory condition at Viaflex - Sioux Falls, SD in 821 W Algonquin St, Sioux Falls, SD 57104 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was process Technician in plastics film and unlaminated sheet (except packaging) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Viaflex - Sioux Falls, SD
- Parent company
- Viaflex
- Street
- 821 W Algonquin St
- City
- Sioux Falls
- State
- SD
- ZIP
- 57104
- On-site location
- Sioux Falls SD
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
Before the incident
Team member was cleaning out all the filters on [REDACTED] for the vacuum pump system. They were plugged up with resin fines.
What happened
He was dumping the fines out of the can into the garbage. The garbage can slipped out of his hands and the fines got in his face. Team member breathed in the fines.
Injury or illness
Team member had blurry vision and a hard time breathing following inhalation.
Object or substance involved
Resin fines.
Summary line
Resin fines in eyes and resin fines inhaled
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Process Technician
- SOC code
- 17-3027: Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- NAICS code
- 326113: Plastics film and unlaminated sheet (except packaging) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 273
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 658,447
- EIN
- 611895716
- Establishment ID
- 1100477
- Employer case #
- 27
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 02:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-16
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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