Taunton, MA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics in 700 Warner Blvd, Taunton, MA 02780 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Technician in extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
- Parent company
- Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
- Street
- 700 Warner Blvd
- City
- Taunton
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 02780
- On-site location
- Peroxide Extrusion
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 7
Before the incident
Employee was demonstrating how to fit together the deflector and shaft for extruder 9 to extrusion operators
What happened
The deflector was being held with his top hand when it became stuck on the shaft. The employee wiggled the deflector free and it came sliding down the shaft. The employee tried to catch it with his left hand and it pinched his left middle finger between the shaft and deflector as the deflector fell.
Injury or illness
Finger laceration to left middle finger requiring stitches
Object or substance involved
Extruder 9 Deflector
Summary line
Laceration to left middle finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 326291: Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 104
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 196,494
- EIN
- 951947155
- Establishment ID
- 916272
- Employer case #
- 2023-6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 17:40
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-14
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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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