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OSHA Injury Report: Chattanooga Paper - B358

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Chattanooga Paper - B358 in Chattanooga, TN 37405 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Tech in paper Manufacturer.

Establishment
Chattanooga Paper - B358
Parent company
Sonoco
Street
701 Manufacturers Road
City
Chattanooga
State
TN
ZIP
37405
On-site location
Clarifier
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
15

Cutting a pump belt

Three maintenance employees were demoing a sludge pump in the 2nd basement level of the clarifier pump house. An employee removed the guard on the belts and started to cut the belts with his pocketknife. The four belts are V type about three quarter in size by three quarters in size. The employee was kneeling down cutting towards his right thigh. The knife slipped on the belt and the employee cut himself in the right thigh. The laceration was approximately one inch in length.

Laceration to the upper right thigh

pocket knife

Three maintenance employees were demoing a sludge pump in the 2nd basement level of the clarifier pump house. An employee removed the guard on the belts and started to cut the belts with his pocketknife. The four belts are V type about three quarter in

Job description
Maintenance Tech
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
322121 — Paper Manufacturer
NAICS vintage
2017
Avg employees
161
Total hours worked
286823
EIN
570248420
Establishment ID
1337861
Employer case #
PT91525
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
10:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03MAR26:17:57:00

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.