Wallingford, CT ·
OSHA Injury Report: ORAFOL Americas Inc.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at ORAFOL Americas Inc. in 320 Barnes Rd, Wallingford, CT 6492 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was extrusion Assistant in acrylic film and unlaminated sheet (except packaging) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- ORAFOL Americas Inc.
- Parent company
- Orafol America's
- Street
- 320 Barnes Rd
- City
- Wallingford
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 6492
- On-site location
- Far side Line 3 roll stand at gap
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 19
Before the incident
While using plier 's employee had wrong angle or reached too far causing pliers to get pulled into the a gap
What happened
Employee got pliers pulled into machines a gap and held onto them instead of letting them go. He attempted to pull them out and twisted tweaked his wrist. No part of the hand was ever pulled into the nip at any point. Injury was a result of him wrestling with pliers in attempt to prevent damage to equipment.
Injury or illness
Right wrist strain and slight burn to right thumb
Object or substance involved
Pliers caught in Line 3 machine
Summary line
Strain of right hand caused by forcefully holding wrench
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Extrusion Assistant
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 326113: Acrylic film and unlaminated sheet (except packaging) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 100
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 224,464
- EIN
- 352237537
- Establishment ID
- 1073055
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 22:00
- 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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