Morristown, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: CDBS (Meritor Heavy Vehicle System LLC)
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at CDBS (Meritor Heavy Vehicle System LLC) in Morristown, TN 37813 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- CDBS (Meritor Heavy Vehicle System LLC)
- Parent company
- Meritor Heavy Vehicle System LLC
- Street
- 1 Rockwell Dr
- City
- Morristown
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37813
- On-site location
- Muratec #3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 19
- Days restricted or transferred
- 161
Before the incident
Employee was using a brass hammer to strike an Allen wrench to loosen a bolt.
What happened
EE was performing a change over on Muratec #3. EE was removing bolts from the part grippers using a brass hammer to strike an Allen wrench to loosen the bolts. While swinging the hammer the EE missed the Allen wrench with the hammer and felt a pop in the right shoulder.
Injury or illness
Right shoulder muscle tear rotator tendinosis bursitis.
Object or substance involved
Brass hammer
Summary line
EE was setting up the gripper pads using a wrench and hammer. When EE swung hammer they missed wrench and felt pain in right shoulder. Right shoulder strain.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 336350 — Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 270
- Total hours worked
- 573074
- Establishment ID
- 1519998
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 1:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:18:32:00
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.