Huntsville, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Great Dane Trailers- Huntsville
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Great Dane Trailers- Huntsville in Huntsville, TN 37841 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in flatbed trailers, commercial, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Great Dane Trailers- Huntsville
- Parent company
- Great Dane Trailers
- Street
- 470 Great Dane Lane
- City
- Huntsville
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37841
- On-site location
- Compactor Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 19
Before the incident
The employee was operating the forklift to dispose of a hopper that was full when the incident occurred.
What happened
As the employee was operating the forklift they ran over a steel bar that was in the line of fire and got caught on the wheel of the forklift. Due to the fact the bar was caught it sprung back and struck the employee in the right side of the face.
Injury or illness
The employee sustained an right orbital fracture and laceration to the face.
Object or substance involved
The steel bar directly harmed the employee.
Summary line
The employee was driving a forklift and as they backed up ran over a piece of steel the wheel caught it and the piece of steel flew and hit the right side of their face causing a laceration and fracture of the orbital bone.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 336212 — Flatbed trailers, commercial, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 270
- Total hours worked
- 544293
- Establishment ID
- 1431116
- Employer case #
- 13
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 16:15
- Time of incident
- 16:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 16JAN26:15:07:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.