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OSHA Injury Report: 3A Composites USA, Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at 3A Composites USA, Inc. in 208 W 5TH ST, BENTON, KY 042E7 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in sheet, laminated plastics (except flexible packaging), manufacturing.

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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
Sintra Line 1

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
4

Before the incident

Employee was picking up [REDACTED] trim and throwing into the dumpster

What happened

Employee was throwing wide edge trim into dumpster while twisting and felt a sudden pain in lower back running down left leg.

Injury or illness

Back Strain

Object or substance involved

Wide edge trim from Sintra product

Summary line

Back strain from placing scrap material into dumpster

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 #
23-04

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:00:00.000
Time of incident
3:47:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
30JAN24:19:34:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.