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OSHA Injury Report: Murfreesboro - D032

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Murfreesboro - D032 in Murfreesboro, TN 37127 resulted in days away from work. Employee was winder Operator in other Paperboard Container Manufacturing.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
25

Starting the paper machine up pulling the rope to lower the festoon to rethread paper through the machine.

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.

Forehead 2 inches above right eye was struck by falling 6 pound metal counterweight resulting in a small laceration.

metal counterweight

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

Job description
Winder Operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
322219 — Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
128
Total hours worked
260639
EIN
570248420
Establishment ID
171140
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
22:25
Time of incident
5:50
Filing year
2024
Submitted
26FEB2025:15:20:00

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.