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OSHA Injury Report: Scholle IPN Chilhowie

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Scholle IPN Chilhowie in 50 Deer Valley St, Chilhowie, VA 24319 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was operator III in bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Scholle IPN Chilhowie
Parent company
Scholle IPN Corporation
Street
50 Deer Valley St
City
Chilhowie
State
VA
ZIP
24319
On-site location
ABM 1

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee was working on [REDACTED] and was doing a roll change. Employee was trying to remove the film from the roll with a safety cutter and had to apply excessive force because the film was really thick. Employee was cutting towards his hand and the cutter slipped and hit the top of his hand causing a laceration requiring stitches.

What happened

Employee was working on [REDACTED] and was doing a roll change. Employee was trying to remove the film from the roll with a safety cutter and had to apply excessive force because the film was really thick. Employee was cutting towards his hand and the cutter slipped and hit the top of his hand causing a laceration requiring stitches.

Injury or illness

Laceration to the back of left hand above the thumb

Object or substance involved

Safety Cutter

Summary line

Employee was cutting film off of an arbor and cut the back of his hand with the plactic tip of a safety cutter.

Employee and industry

Job description
Operator III
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
326111 — Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
266
Total hours worked
583441
EIN
20751751
Establishment ID
235465
Employer case #
169

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
4:20:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
23FEB24:20:52:00

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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.