Industry Summary
The Laminated Plastics Plate Sheet (except Packaging) and Shape Manufacturing industry is experiencing greater than average employment growth as of late. In 2014 the government estimated a total of 17,494 workers, then just 12 months later it had climbed to 18,238, an increase of 4.25%. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Plastics Product Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
OSHA investigators arrived in Sioux Falls, SD on Tuesday, December 4th 2018 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Raven Industries, Inc.. A 32 year old woman working as a Machine operator was injured on the job when the employee fractured arm while using winder machine
Accident Date2018-11-30
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 6:15 a.m. on November 30, 2018, an employee caught her arm in a winder machine while she was cutting plastic film and fractured it. The employee was hospitalized.
OSHA investigators arrived in Sioux Falls, SD on Tuesday, December 4th 2018 and began an accident investigation at Raven Industries, Inc.. A 32 year old Machine operator had been injured when the employee fractured arm while using winder machine
Accident Date2018-11-30
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 6:15 a.m. on November 30, 2018, an employee caught her arm in a winder machine while she was cutting plastic film and fractured it. The employee was hospitalized.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, June 28th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Parker, CO after learning of an incident at Repsco, Inc which had occured on Friday, June 23rd 2017. A 29 year old man working as a Miscellaneous plant was injured on the job when the employee fell from boxes while asleep and injured leg
Accident Date2017-06-23
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 2:30 a.m. on June 23, 2017, an employee was sleeping on top of several boxes in an out-of-bounds area of the facility. The employee fell off the boxes, breaking his leg for which he was hospitalized.