Plastics Product Manufacturing

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Plastics Product Manufacturing industry saw employment growth of only 2.29%. There are an average of 50 workers at each of the 11,047 establishments in the United States. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

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OSHA investigators arrived in Yoakum, TX on Friday, December 21st 2018 and began an accident investigation at Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.. A 53 year old Machinery maintenance occupation had been killed when the employee was struck by piece of machinery and was killed

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OSHA ID112045.015

Accident Date2018-12-20

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 1:30 p.m. on December 20, 2018, an employee was installing a jack screw onto a Perforator machine when the machine fell on top of the employee, killing him.

On Tuesday, December 4th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Sioux Falls, SD after learning of an incident at Raven Industries, Inc. which had occured on Friday, November 30th 2018. A 32 year old woman working as a Machine operator was injured on the job when the employee fractured arm while using winder machine

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OSHA ID111528.015

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 which had occured previously at Raven Industries, Inc.. A 32 year old Machine operator had been injured when the employee fractured arm while using winder machine

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OSHA ID111528.015

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.