STATESBORO, GA —
OSHA Injury Report: Briggs & Stratton - Statesboro Plant
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Briggs & Stratton - Statesboro Plant in STATESBORO, GA 305E6 resulted in days away from work. Employee was assembly Technician B in leaf blowers manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Briggs & Stratton - Statesboro Plant
- Parent company
- Briggs & Stratton, LLC
- Street
- 7251 Zell Miller Pkwy,
- City
- STATESBORO
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 305E6
- On-site location
- Small Block Assembly
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 6
Before the incident
Manually moving an engine.
What happened
Technician was moving an engine on the conveyor line near run stands that needed to be kicked off for rework. As the technician was pulling the engine towards themselves the pallet turned slightly at an angle and did not catch on the escapement lock the pallet should have been released and not continued to be pulled towards the technician when they observed it not traveling straight. The tech had their free (right) hand on the pallet side of the conveyor engine pusher where it should not have been placed resulting in an impact from the pallet
Injury or illness
Facture to the right hand
Object or substance involved
conveyor pallet lockup
Summary line
Fracture RIght Hand- Technician was moving an engine on the conveyor line near runstands that needed to be kicked off for rework. As the technician was pulling the engine towards themselves the pallet turned slightly at an angle and did not catch on the
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Assembly Technician B
- SOC code
- 51-2099 — Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
- NAICS code
- 333112 — Leaf blowers manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 500
- Total hours worked
- 1287838
- EIN
- 852711260
- Establishment ID
- 854915
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 16:10:00.000
- Submitted
- 02FEB24:21:53:00
Source
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.