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

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

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.

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
Outside
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
14

Employee was emptying dry ice bin waste container

As employee was scraping old dry ice away from the bin some dry ice came into contact with their right lower leg calf area

Contact dermatitis; second degree burn to right lower leg

Dry Ice

Contact dermatitis; second degree burn to right lower leg

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 #
230723-50-
Date of incident
Shift started
6:48:00.000
Time of incident
7:30:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:18:41:00

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.