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OSHA Injury Report: Republic Plastics, Ltd. TN-K2

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Republic Plastics, Ltd. TN-K2 in Knoxville, TN 37914 resulted in days away from work. Employee was thermoforming Operator in dinnerware, polystyrene foam, manufacturing.

Establishment
Republic Plastics, Ltd. TN-K2
Parent company
Republic Plastics, Ltd.
Street
5428 N. National Drive
City
Knoxville
State
TN
ZIP
37914
On-site location
Thermoforming
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
38

Employee responding to thermoforming to cut the form sheet feeding into thermoforming oven

Employee accidentally bumped into a fellow employee knocking the 1st employee down and striking their head onto the concrete floor.

Acute concussion

Striking the concrete floor with their head

Accidentally bumped into fellow employee causing her to fall and strike her head on the concrete floor

Job description
Thermoforming Operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
326140 — Dinnerware, polystyrene foam, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
173
Total hours worked
376839
EIN
742861781
Establishment ID
71440
Employer case #
230508-50-
Date of incident
Shift started
18:45:00.000
Time of incident
1:45:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:17:15:00

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.