Knoxville, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Republic Plastics, Ltd. TN-K2
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Republic Plastics, Ltd. TN-K2 in Knoxville, TN 37914 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was thermoforming Operator in dinnerware, polystyrene foam, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 29
Before the incident
Employee was attempting to remove backed-up product on conveyor belt using their hands.
What happened
While employee was trying to remove product on conveyor belt their right hand pinky finger got caught in the gap between the conveyor pulleys.
Injury or illness
Abrasion laceration to their right hand pinky finger
Object or substance involved
Transfer conveyor
Summary line
Abrasion Laceration to right pinky finger that was caught between conveyor [REDACTED]
Employee and industry
- 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 #
- 230708-50-
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:47:00.000
- Time of incident
- 7:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 20FEB24:17:28:00
Source
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.