Chattanooga, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Chattanooga Paper - B358
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Chattanooga Paper - B358 in 701 Manufacturers Road, Chattanooga, TN 37405 resulted in days away from work. Employee was th Hand in paper.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Chattanooga Paper - B358
- Parent company
- Sonoco
- Street
- 701 Manufacturers Road
- City
- Chattanooga
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37405
- On-site location
- Roll Handling Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
- Days restricted or transferred
- 21
Before the incident
Driving a Forklift
What happened
While sitting with a load in the clamping mechanism as the coworker tended to the set a hydraulic hose blew apart from the crimped fitting at the end of the hose in the mast section of the forklift. As the hose came apart it sprayed hot hydraulic oil into the operator area of the forklift spraying the employees face and side of the head neck and upper torso resulting in burn to the skin of the area contacted by the hot fluid.
Injury or illness
Burn to the head neck and upper torso
Object or substance involved
Hydraulic Fluid
Summary line
While sitting with a load in the clamping mechanism as the coworker tended to the set a hydraulic hose blew apart from the crimped fitting at the end of the hose in the mast section of the forklift. As the hose came apart it sprayed hot hydraulic oil
Employee and industry
- Job description
- th Hand
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 322121: Paper
- NAICS vintage
- 2017
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 166
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 327,655
- EIN
- 570248420
- Establishment ID
- 1337861
- Employer case #
- AL51824
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 16:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-26
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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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