Murfreesboro, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Murfreesboro - D032
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Murfreesboro - D032 in 2629 General Mills Way, Murfreesboro, TN 37127 resulted in days away from work. Employee was winder Operator in other Paperboard Container Manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Murfreesboro - D032
- Parent company
- Sonoco
- Street
- 2629 General Mills Way
- City
- Murfreesboro
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37127
- On-site location
- Production Area, Winder number 4
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 25
Before the incident
Starting the paper machine up pulling the rope to lower the festoon to rethread paper through the machine.
What happened
The Operator tried to start up the line and the paper broke. He pulled on the rope with excessive force to lower the festoon rollers to thread the paper through causing the metal counterweight to exit the top of the frame and fall towards the ground striking him above the right eye.
Injury or illness
Forehead 2 inches above right eye was struck by falling 6 pound metal counterweight resulting in a small laceration.
Object or substance involved
metal counterweight
Summary line
The Operator tried to start up the line and the paper broke. He pulled on the rope with excessive force to lower the festoon rollers to thread the paper through causing the metal counterweight to exit the top of the frame and fall towards the ground
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Winder Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 322219: Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 128
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 260,639
- EIN
- 570248420
- Establishment ID
- 171140
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:25
- Time of incident
- 05:50
- 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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