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 5428 N. National Drive, 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
- Outside
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 14
Before the incident
Employee was emptying dry ice bin waste container
What happened
As employee was scraping old dry ice away from the bin some dry ice came into contact with their right lower leg calf area
Injury or illness
Contact dermatitis; second degree burn to right lower leg
Object or substance involved
Dry Ice
Summary line
Contact dermatitis; second degree burn to right lower leg
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
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 173
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 376,839
- EIN
- 742861781
- Establishment ID
- 71440
- Employer case #
- 230723-50-
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:48
- Time of incident
- 07:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-20
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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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