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OSHA Injury Report: Emerald Packaging

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Emerald Packaging in Union City, CA 94587 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was assistant Foreman in flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing.

Establishment
Emerald Packaging
Parent company
Emerald Packaging
Street
33050 Western Ave.
City
Union City
State
CA
ZIP
94587
On-site location
Converting E line
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
48

Kneeling while fixing a tangle in a machine.

Employee kneeled and reached into the machine to fix a tangle and upon standing he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

Strain Sprain of Back

Standing after kneeling down

Strain Sprain of back from standing after kneeling

Job description
Assistant Foreman
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
326112 — Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
260
Total hours worked
457680
EIN
941557703
Establishment ID
553217
Employer case #
381156
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00:00.000
Time of incident
21:30:00.000
Submitted
19JAN24:00:59:00

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.