Homerville, GA ·
OSHA Injury Report: BWAY Homerville
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at BWAY Homerville in 1601 Valdosta HWY, Homerville, GA 31634 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Technician in steel cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BWAY Homerville
- Parent company
- BWAY Corporation
- Street
- 1601 Valdosta HWY
- City
- Homerville
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 31634
- On-site location
- CAN Assembly Lines
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 5
Before the incident
trying to clear a jam
What happened
Maintenance Technician stuck his hand into a guard chute of a conveyor to clear a jam while the conveyor belt was running resulting in a cut to the finger through the glove.
Injury or illness
Nature of Injury: LACERATION (REQUIRES SUTURES CLOSURE) |Type: |Body Part: HAND(S) - FINGER(S)
Object or substance involved
Metal can cover top
Summary line
EE cut right ring finger on can top metal while clearing conveyor jam.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 332431: Steel cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 535
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 1,238,762
- Establishment ID
- 1328730
- Employer case #
- IE-2408-00
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:50
- Time of incident
- 20:40
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-24
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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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