Portland, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Kyowa America Corporation
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Kyowa America Corporation in Portland, TN 37148 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was eHS Engineer in motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kyowa America Corporation
- Parent company
- Kyowa America Corporation
- Street
- 1039 Fred White Blvd
- City
- Portland
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37148
- On-site location
- Back docks receiving area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 9
Before the incident
He was loading waste on the Giant Resource Recovery truck when he realized that one of the drums would not close (drums cannot be transported unless they are closed)
What happened
He pulled the top of the drum toward himself so that he could tilt the drum on to its edge and roll it back and forth off the skid. When he pulled the drum he felt a strain in his back. At this time his back did not hurt severely so he chose to continue to work. After transporting the drum with a forklift to the satellite location he noticed that the pain in his back was getting worse.
Injury or illness
Strained back
Object or substance involved
n a
Summary line
strain in his back
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EHS Engineer
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 326199 — Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 106
- Total hours worked
- 242606
- EIN
- 132670115
- Establishment ID
- 805740
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 12:25:00.000
- Submitted
- 31JAN24:21:28:00
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.