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OSHA Injury Report: Novolex

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Novolex in Chattanooga, TN, TN 37421 resulted in days away from work. Employee was extrusion 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
T4 Grinder
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
88
Days restricted or transferred
57

Troubleshooting a parts grinder

Employee reached around the side of the grinder to pull out of the cabinet and the inertia of the belts had not completely stopped; finger was pulled in to belts causing amputation to tip of finger.

Amputation to tip of finger

Grinder belt

Employee caught tip of right index finger at grinder wheel [REDACTED]

Job description
Extrusion 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 #
23-2
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
16:05:00.000
Submitted
01FEB24:20:54:00

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.