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OSHA Injury Report: Fairfield Chair

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Fairfield Chair in Lenoir, NC 28645 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was frame Handler in upholstered furniture, household-type, on frames of any material, manufacturing.

Establishment
Fairfield Chair
Parent company
Fairfield Chair Company
Street
1331 Harper Ave
City
Lenoir
State
NC
ZIP
28645
On-site location
Machine Room
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
3

Sanding furniture frame parts

He had the grinder pad on upside down. Smooth goes up also stated button was stuck. Turned grinder on to grind plywood frames and due to pad being put on incorrectly caused the grinder to make contact with the hand and fingers

Lacerations

Grinder pad and incorrect placement

Grinder pad put on incorrectly made contact with finger and thumb causing lacerations

Job description
Frame Handler
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
337121 — Upholstered furniture, household-type, on frames of any material, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
393
Total hours worked
664589
EIN
560219070
Establishment ID
838753
Employer case #
255
Date of incident
Shift started
5:45
Time of incident
6:50
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:17:02:00

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.