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OSHA Injury Report: Novolex

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Novolex in Chattanooga, TN, TN 37421 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was systems Operator in flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing.

Establishment
Novolex
Parent company
Novolex
Street
5930 Quintus Loop
City
Chattanooga, TN
State
TN
ZIP
37421
On-site location
West System 1 dump station
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was inserting a vacuum hose wand into a gaylord box.

The flex pipe kicked back and struck employee.

Contusion on lower jaw and right knee.

Aluminum wand and concrete floor.

The systems operator was inserting a vacuum hose wand into a gaylord box. The flex pipe had tension and kicked back striking the operator.

Job description
Systems Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
326112 — Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
311
Total hours worked
651512
Establishment ID
1031083
Employer case #
23-1
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:20:00.000
Submitted
01FEB24:20:46:00

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.