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OSHA Injury Report: PADNOS

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at PADNOS in 185 West 8th Street, Holland, MI 49423 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
PADNOS
Parent company
PADNOS
Street
185 West 8th Street
City
Holland
State
MI
ZIP
49423
On-site location
Extruder Screen Change die Head area on the Sterling 4.5 Extruder

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
11

Before the incident

During start-up of the Sterling [REDACTED] [REDACTED] the die was froze off. In an attempt to unfreeze the die the machine was started with the die cold allowing the material to heat up or create friction heat and hopefully open the die. With extruder running the pressure built behind the die and screen changer. As the extruder screw turned pressure built behind the die and screen changer slide plate and the material became hotter until plastic was pressure released from the South Side of the screen changer plate. Material sprayed and hit the operator on their forearms. Operator was taken to the ER and checked out and released.

What happened

Hit by a moving flying or falling object

Injury or illness

Thermal Burn

Object or substance involved

Material

Summary line

Over pressure extruder screen changer

Employee and industry

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
423930 — Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
925
Total hours worked
2142581
Establishment ID
944262
Employer case #
IN-2023091

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:00:00.000
Submitted
31JAN24:19:10:00

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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.