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OSHA Injury Report: General Shale Tri Cities Block

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at General Shale Tri Cities Block in Piney Flats, TN 37686 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in blocks, concrete and cinder, manufacturing.

Establishment
General Shale Tri Cities Block
Parent company
General Shale Brick, Inc.
Street
909 Mountain View Dr.
City
Piney Flats
State
TN
ZIP
37686
On-site location
Near conveyor between block machine and the cuber
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
87

Quality Control

Employee and a Supervisor was moving bad concrete blocks off the roller conveyor at the same time. Blocks were pushed the injured parties thumb was pinched between the two blocks

Fractured Thumb

Concrete Blocks

Fractured right thumb

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
327331 — Blocks, concrete and cinder, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
67
Total hours worked
139974
EIN
200454569
Establishment ID
116517
Employer case #
20235801
Date of incident
Time of incident
7:40:00.000
Submitted
14FEB24:19:22:00

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.