Homerville, GA —
OSHA Injury Report: BWAY Homerville
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at BWAY Homerville in 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
- Avg employees
- 535
- Total hours worked
- 1238762
- 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
- 24FEB2025:13:56:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.