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OSHA Injury Report: VEKA West

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at VEKA West in 14250 Lear Blvd., Reno, NV 89506 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was startup Operator in profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
VEKA West
Street
14250 Lear Blvd.
City
Reno
State
NV
ZIP
89506
On-site location
Line 12 Production Floor

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
180

Before the incident

EE was clearing a jam out of the profile and he climbed up on the extruder to use the saw he walked on extruder to cal to cut it out of the calibration. When he turned to jump down off the extruder his foot got caught between the hoses and he sprain his ankle and bruised it.

What happened

He got foot caught in the hoses from cal table and was hanging by ankle had another employee come grab him and bring him his stairs to get down.

Injury or illness

Left ankle

Object or substance involved

Hoses

Summary line

EE was clearing a jam and climbed up on extruder to cut it out when he turned to jump down his foot got caught on the hoses and he fell he got tangled and had a sprain + contusion on his ankle.

Employee and industry

Job description
Startup Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
326121 — Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
125
Total hours worked
238983
Establishment ID
915308
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:15:00.000
Submitted
18JAN24:16:06:00

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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.