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OSHA Injury Report: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics in Taunton, MA 02780 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Technician in extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
7

Employee was demonstrating how to fit together the deflector and shaft for extruder 9 to extrusion operators

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.

Finger laceration to left middle finger requiring stitches

Extruder 9 Deflector

Laceration to left middle finger

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
Avg employees
104
Total hours worked
196494
EIN
951947155
Establishment ID
916272
Employer case #
2023-6
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
17:40:00.000
Submitted
14MAR24:14:43:00

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.