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OSHA Injury Report: J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage in Carthage, TN 37030 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade.

Establishment
J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage
Parent company
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc.
Street
131 Frogs Lndg.
City
Carthage
State
TN
ZIP
37030
On-site location
Tube Shop Area
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3

Removing a small container of tooling from the shelf for a [REDACTED] change-over.

The employee lifted a small container of tooling from the shelf location turned with the tooling in hand and felt a stabbing pain in their lower back.

sprain lower back

Turning while holding a small container of tooling

lower back strain from turning while holding a small container of tooling

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
332811 — Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
80
Total hours worked
244585
EIN
310713399
Establishment ID
816562
Employer case #
212611
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:30:00.000
Submitted
31JAN24:13:27:00

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.