Chattanooga, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Chattanooga Paper - B358
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Chattanooga Paper - B358 in 701 Manufacturers Road, Chattanooga, TN 37405 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Tech in paper Manufacturer.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Chattanooga Paper - B358
- Parent company
- Sonoco
- Street
- 701 Manufacturers Road
- City
- Chattanooga
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37405
- On-site location
- Clarifier
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 15
Before the incident
Cutting a pump belt
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Laceration to the upper right thigh
Object or substance involved
pocket knife
Summary line
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
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Tech
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 322121: Paper Manufacturer
- NAICS vintage
- 2017
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 161
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 286,823
- EIN
- 570248420
- Establishment ID
- 1337861
- Employer case #
- PT91525
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 10:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-03-03
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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