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OSHA Injury Report: Republic Plastics, Ltd. TN-K1

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Republic Plastics, Ltd. TN-K1 in Knoxville, TN 37914 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was technical Shift Lead in dinnerware, polystyrene foam, manufacturing.

Establishment
Republic Plastics, Ltd. TN-K1
Parent company
Republic Plastics, Ltd.
Street
5316 S. National Drive
City
Knoxville
State
TN
ZIP
37914
On-site location
Thermoforming Trimpress
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
22

Performing an upgrade on thermoforming air eject

Employee believes they strained their right elbow when trying to remove old air eject. Employee did not report the injury when it originally occurred; reported on [REDACTED]

Right elbow sprain

Possible repetitive motion

Right elbow sprain

Job description
Technical Shift Lead
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
326140 — Dinnerware, polystyrene foam, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
218
Total hours worked
477268
EIN
742861781
Establishment ID
71446
Employer case #
230605-20-
Date of incident
Shift started
6:44:00.000
Time of incident
8:00:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:19:39:00

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.