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OSHA Injury Report: Omega Plastics LLC

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Omega Plastics LLC in 2636 Byington Solway Rd, Knoxville, TN 37931 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was forklift Operator in tube, nonrigid plastics, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Omega Plastics LLC
Parent company
America Plastics dba Omega Plastics, LLC
Street
2636 Byington Solway Rd
City
Knoxville
State
TN
ZIP
37931
On-site location
Warehouse Pallet Station

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Using nail gun to piece together a wooden pallet

What happened

When peicing together a pallet the employee accidently triggered the contact tip on the pneuamtic air gun prematurely and shot a nail into the bottom of his left foot.

Injury or illness

Bottom of L-foot puncture wound

Object or substance involved

Nail

Summary line

Nail Puncture to bottom of left foot

Employee and industry

Job description
Forklift Operator
SOC code
53-7051 — Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
NAICS code
326121 — Tube, nonrigid plastics, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
137
Total hours worked
217178
EIN
461565324
Establishment ID
1065828
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
16:00:00.000
Submitted
08JAN24:18:29:00

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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.