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OSHA Injury Report: ConMet Canton

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at ConMet Canton in Canton, NC 28716 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cMI Process Technician in motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing.

Establishment
ConMet Canton
Parent company
Consolidated Metco, Inc.
Street
171 Great Oak Dr
City
Canton
State
NC
ZIP
28716
On-site location
Press 21
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Cleaning purge out from the back of press

Technician used a T bolt t scrape purge out from the nozzle tube T bolt broke through melted plastic inside the sprue bushing ot Tool [REDACTED] containing Xenoy. Technician was not wearing PPE.

Burns to right hand (thumb index finger middle finger) and left pinky finger

Melted plastic Trade Name Xenoy PC-PBT

Burn Hand Right Side Hot Objects or Substances Plastic

Job description
CMI Process Technician
SOC code
17-3027 — Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
NAICS code
326199 — Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
398
Total hours worked
788553
Establishment ID
917846
Employer case #
2023-Canto
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:11:00.000
Submitted
16JAN24:18:12:00

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.