Cleveland, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Polartec Tennessee Manufacturing
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Polartec Tennessee Manufacturing in 310 Industrial Drive SW, Cleveland, TN 37311 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in textile.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Polartec Tennessee Manufacturing
- Parent company
- Milliken Company
- Street
- 310 Industrial Drive SW
- City
- Cleveland
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37311
- On-site location
- Surface Finishing
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 10
Before the incident
Operating Shear machine
What happened
while operating shear machine she attempted to clear a fabric jam. Employee shut machine but did not wait for coast down time of shear roller blade before using her hand to clear fabrick. Finger tip got nipped by roller blade.
Injury or illness
Right index fingertip amputation
Object or substance involved
Shear roller blade
Summary line
Right index fingertip amputation
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-6031: Sewing Machine Operators
- NAICS code
- 313310: Textile
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 168
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 324,773
- EIN
- 611768368
- Establishment ID
- 1282864
- Employer case #
- PTM002
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 07:40
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-03
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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