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OSHA Injury Report: Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises in Sweetwater, TN 37874 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was furnace Operator in upset forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished.

Establishment
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises
Parent company
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises
Street
176 Industrial Park Road
City
Sweetwater
State
TN
ZIP
37874
On-site location
Foundry Furnace
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Cleaning out a furnace using a jack hammer.

The light used to help see inside the furnace was vibrated loose by the jack hammer falling and hitting employee in the head.

Light hit employee on head

Falling light.

Employee was cleaning out a furnace using a jack hammer. He positioned a light to help him see inside the furnace. The vibration of the jack hammer caused the light to fall and hit him on the head.

Job description
Furnace Operator
SOC code
51-4051 — Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
332111 — Upset forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
89
Total hours worked
185120
EIN
320114166
Establishment ID
1072014
Employer case #
WC-08
Date of incident
Shift started
4:30:00.000
Time of incident
7:40:00.000
Submitted
11JAN24:18:33:00

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.