Rogersville, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Sam Dong Inc.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Sam Dong Inc. in 150 Industrial Park Drive, Rogersville, TN 37857 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was CTC Operator in magnet wire, insulated, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Sam Dong Inc.
- Parent company
- Sam Dong Inc.
- Street
- 150 Industrial Park Drive
- City
- Rogersville
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37857
- On-site location
- Taping machine 3 on CTC Line 4
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 119
Before the incident
Adjusting the guide roller for insulation paper to correct paper wrapping displacement.
What happened
The employee placed both feet next to the machine and then gripped the locking mechanism handle to tighten it. The employee leaned back to use weight to tighten the handle but his hand slipped allowing him to fall backward off of a raised platform. His lower back struck a wooden pallet during fall.
Injury or illness
Fracture to L3 and L4 vertebrate in lower back.
Object or substance involved
Fall from platform and wooden pallet
Summary line
While pulling to tighten a paper guide roller his hand slipped and he fell off of a raised walkway stiking his back on a wooden pallet staged beside machine. The impact fractured L3 and L4 vertebrae.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CTC Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199: Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 331420: Magnet wire, insulated, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 147
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 327,017
- EIN
- 260719151
- Establishment ID
- 666287
- Employer case #
- 202310-1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 07:45
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-15
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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