Unicoi, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Specialty Tires of America (TN), LLC
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Specialty Tires of America (TN), LLC in 1000 Don Mateer Drive, Unicoi, TN 37692 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was lab technician in tires (e.g., pneumatic, semi-pneumatic, solid rubber) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Specialty Tires of America (TN), LLC
- Parent company
- Specialty Tires of America (TN), LLC
- Street
- 1000 Don Mateer Drive
- City
- Unicoi
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37692
- On-site location
- Curing press room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 81
Before the incident
Drilling green tires with an awl bit to remove trapped air
What happened
When the employee pulled the tire off the rack she felt a pop in her wrist and then her fingers went numb.
Injury or illness
wrist tendonitis and carpal tunnel syndrome
Object or substance involved
Green Tire on a storage rack
Summary line
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome of Right Wrist pulling a tire off of a storage rack
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lab technician
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 326211: Tires (e.g., pneumatic, semi-pneumatic, solid rubber) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 252
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 428,364
- EIN
- 201977468
- Establishment ID
- 114186
- Employer case #
- 24-53
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 02:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-19
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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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