BENTON, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: 3A Composites USA, Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at 3A Composites USA, Inc. in BENTON, KY 042E7 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in sheet, laminated plastics (except flexible packaging), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- 3A Composites USA, Inc.
- Parent company
- 3A Composites
- Street
- 208 W 5TH ST
- City
- BENTON
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 042E7
- On-site location
- Paint Line 1 Applicator Rolls
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
Employee was using rags with solvent to clean 3 roll applicator paint pan with his right hand
What happened
While cleaning the back lip of the paint pan under the applicator rolls with 3 towels and a glove the rolls caught his towel and pulled his arm up into the rolls. A co-worker hit the emergency stop and the paint line trainer assisted in getting his arm out and tending to him
Injury or illness
Fractures and degloving on Right Arm leading to an arm amputation on 3 8 2023.
Object or substance involved
Applicator Rolls
Summary line
Right Arm amputation from caught in rolls while performing clean up operations
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326130 — Sheet, laminated plastics (except flexible packaging), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 142
- Total hours worked
- 285354
- Establishment ID
- 980659
- Employer case #
- 23-01
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 0:04:00.000
- Submitted
- 30JAN24:16:40:00
Source
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.