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OSHA Injury Report: Insteel Wire Products TNS

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Insteel Wire Products TNS in Gallatin, TN 37066 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was team Leader in mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills.

Establishment
Insteel Wire Products TNS
Parent company
Insteel Wire Products TNS
Street
630 National Drive
City
Gallatin
State
TN
ZIP
37066
On-site location
Rework Station
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

During rework or a strand pack there was a tangle. Employee cut the strand while controlling both ends of the strand. Another employee was helping. Once cut employee attempted to pull on the end without realizing that the strand was under twisting tension.

Once the strand released it twisted in employee 's hands coming out of his grip and clipping his ear resulting in a laceration.

Laceration to left ear

Steel strand

Employee was untangling metal rod on the floor when it lacerated the back of left ear.

Job description
Team Leader
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
331222 — Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
57
Total hours worked
133052
Establishment ID
1125379
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
1:00:00.000
Submitted
16FEB24:21:16:00

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.