Elkhart, IN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Vahala Foam Elkhart
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Vahala Foam Elkhart in 930 Herman St, 160 CR 15, Elkhart, IN 46516 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was gluer in cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Vahala Foam Elkhart
- Parent company
- Vahala Foam Inc
- Street
- 930 Herman St, 160 CR 15
- City
- Elkhart
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46516
- On-site location
- Zone H Plant 2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Moving product
What happened
employee was moving product and foam dust blew up into eye
Injury or illness
foreign body of foam in the eye
Object or substance involved
foam dust
Summary line
foreign body-eye
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Gluer
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 326150: Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 150
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 174,118
- EIN
- 351842951
- Establishment ID
- 1080468
- Employer case #
- 9
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-23
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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