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OSHA Injury Report: Yupo Corporation America

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Yupo Corporation America in 800 Yupo Ct, Chesapeake, VA 23320 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was manufacturing Support Technician in manufacturer of Synthetic Paper.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Yupo Corporation America
Parent company
Yupo Corporation America
Street
800 Yupo Ct
City
Chesapeake
State
VA
ZIP
23320
On-site location
Production, Granulator 4

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Back

What happened

Tech says he was staging secondary slitter edge trim rolls to granulate while lifting made a turn and felt pain in his lower back. He took pain reliever around 10 but all it did was get worse. Supervisor called HSE manager asked if he wanted to go to doctors and he said yes. HSE manager took him to doctors.

Injury or illness

Nature of Injury: Strain |Type: |Body Part: Back

Object or substance involved

Granulators

Summary line

Tech strained back at gran #4 moving edge trim.

Employee and industry

Job description
Manufacturing Support Technician
SOC code
17-3026 — Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
NAICS code
326113 — Manufacturer of Synthetic Paper
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
167
Total hours worked
342969
EIN
541786726
Establishment ID
1117312
Employer case #
IE-2509-0

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:30
Time of incident
9:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:15:56:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.