Knoxville, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Republic Plastics, Ltd. TN-K1
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Republic Plastics, Ltd. TN-K1 in 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-K1
- Parent company
- Republic Plastics, Ltd.
- Street
- 5316 S. 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
- 33
Before the incident
Employee was working walking around extrusion department
What happened
Employee states they stepped onto excess foam startup material surfboard and twisted their left ankle knee
Injury or illness
Left ankle sprain
Object or substance involved
Stepping onto scrap foam material sheet
Summary line
Left ankle sprain
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
- Avg employees
- 218
- Total hours worked
- 477268
- EIN
- 742861781
- Establishment ID
- 71446
- Employer case #
- 231101-20-
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:36:00.000
- Time of incident
- 3:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 20FEB24:19:55:00
Source
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.