Dickson, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Dal-Tile
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Dal-Tile in Dickson, TN 37055 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Technician in wall tile, ceramic, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Dal-Tile
- Parent company
- Mohawk Industries, Inc.
- Street
- 187 Warren G. Medley Drive
- City
- Dickson
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37055
- On-site location
- Entrance Kiln #1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 11
- Days restricted or transferred
- 74
Before the incident
Removing tile jams from other kiln entrance lines.
What happened
[REDACTED] entrance was in alarm. [REDACTED] Operator and injured teammate finished clearing broken tile from compensator and restarted feed. Injured teammate noticed lots of broken pieces between kiln feed rollers and junction rollers. Injured teammate let tile clear and [REDACTED] Operator turned belt switch off and started clearing broken tile from under belts. Injured teammate stepped to his right to help. As injured teammate was clearing a broken piece from under the first set of belts the belts started up pulling left pinky finger in between belt pulley.
Injury or illness
Finger Amputation
Object or substance involved
Tools Instruments Machinery and Equipment - AUTOMATED EQUIPMENT
Summary line
Laceration (Amputation); Left Pinky Finger Caught-In-Between Belt Pulley
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 327120 — Wall tile, ceramic, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 242
- Total hours worked
- 469323
- EIN
- 371759721
- Establishment ID
- 1135730
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 2:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 22JAN26:16:58:00
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.