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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 extrusion 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
Extrusion
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
33

Employee was working walking around extrusion department

Employee states they stepped onto excess foam startup material surfboard and twisted their left ankle knee

Left ankle sprain

Stepping onto scrap foam material sheet

Left ankle sprain

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-
Date of incident
Shift started
17:36:00.000
Time of incident
3:30:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:19:55:00

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.