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 extrusion 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
- Extrusion
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 1
Before the incident
Employee was in the process of starting up extrusion line
What happened
Employee was using company provided knife to cut thick foam sheet surfboard during startup using his left leg thigh for leverage accidentally cut thru the surfboard resulting in laceration to left leg thigh
Injury or illness
Laceration to left leg thigh
Object or substance involved
Company provided knife and not following proper procedure when cutting surfbaords
Summary line
Laceration to left leg thigh
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Extrusion Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9041: Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- 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 #
- 230912-50-
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:47
- Time of incident
- 00:30
- 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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