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OSHA Injury Report: Emerald Packaging

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Emerald Packaging in 33050 Western Ave., Union City, CA 94587 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was press Operator in flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Emerald Packaging
Parent company
Emerald Packaging
Street
33050 Western Ave.
City
Union City
State
CA
ZIP
94587
On-site location
M8 Press

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
10

Before the incident

Employee was dealing with web break on his machine.

What happened

He climb up the ladder to pull the film that had wrapped around the drum. As he was pulling the film he felt himself losing his balance so he grabbed on to the open doc blade which cut his hand.

Injury or illness

Laceration Puncture of Hand - Right

Object or substance involved

Open Doc Blade

Summary line

Laceration Puncture of Right Hand from open doc blade

Employee and industry

Job description
Press Operator
SOC code
51-4031 — Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
326112 — Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
260
Total hours worked
457680
EIN
941557703
Establishment ID
553217
Employer case #
380422

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
18:00:00.000
Time of incident
5:45:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
19JAN24:00:59:00

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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.