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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 thermoforming Operator 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
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
84

Employee was in the process of restringing the film on the bagger.

The roll of film was not tightened into position and dislodged from it 's cradle and rolled onto employee 's right big toe resulting in a contusion.

Contusion & non-displaced fracture of right great toe

Roll of film on metal rod

Contusion Non displaced fracture of right great toe

Job description
Thermoforming Operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
326140 — Dinnerware, polystyrene foam, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
218
Total hours worked
477268
EIN
742861781
Establishment ID
71446
Employer case #
230824-20-
Date of incident
Shift started
6:53:00.000
Time of incident
10:40:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:19:48:00

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.