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OSHA Injury Report: Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC in 10 Sheridan Dr., Tonawanda, NY 14150 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mechanic 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
Building 14 B row at press 53

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Employee was changing out a center mechanism on Press 53. Employee stepped from a crouch position over trench in doing so he hit his head on a fork of a forklift that had a boom attached to it to lift the center mechanism.

What happened

Employee was changing out a center mechanism on Press 53. Employee stepped from a crouch position over trench in doing so he hit his head on a fork of a forklift that had a boom attached to it to lift the center mechanism.

Injury or illness

Contusion Bruise Head other than face Skull

Object or substance involved

Forklift Fork

Summary line

Employee was changing out a center mechanism on Press 53. Employee stepped from a crouch position over trench in doing so he hit his head on a fork of a forklift that had a boom attached to it to lift the center mechanism.

Employee and industry

Job description
Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
326211 — Motor vehicle tires manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1487
Total hours worked
2629664
Establishment ID
449129
Employer case #
857

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
05FEB24:18:09:00

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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.