Tonawanda, NY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC in 10 Sheridan Dr., Tonawanda, NY 14150 resulted in days away from work. Employee was utility Tire Builder in motor vehicle tires manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC
- Parent company
- Sumitomo Rubber
- Street
- 10 Sheridan Dr.
- City
- Tonawanda
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 14150
- On-site location
- Dept. 209
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
Building tires.
What happened
As beadset was extending during cycle a piece of scrap rubber came loose and fell into the beadset area. Builder reached in to grab the rubber breaking the light curtain and causing the fingers to retract. Builders right thumb was caught between the retracting fingers and the machine.
Injury or illness
Fracture.
Object or substance involved
Beadset.
Summary line
Fracture to right thumb from the beadset retracting
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Utility Tire Builder
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 326211: Motor vehicle tires manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 1,356
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 2,292,564
- Establishment ID
- 449129
- Employer case #
- 1131
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 08:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-22
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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