Sweetwater, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning out a furnace using a jack hammer.
What happened
The light used to help see inside the furnace was vibrated loose by the jack hammer falling and hitting employee in the head.
Injury or illness
Light hit employee on head
Object or substance involved
Falling light.
Summary line
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.
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 4:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 7:40:00.000
- Submitted
- 11JAN24:18:33:00
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.