Knoxville, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Trulite Glass and Aluminum Solutions
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Trulite Glass and Aluminum Solutions in 2522 Westcott Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37931 resulted in days away from work. Employee was tempering in insulating glass, sealed units, made from purchased glass.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Trulite Glass and Aluminum Solutions
- Parent company
- Trulite Glass and Aluminum Solutions
- Street
- 2522 Westcott Blvd.
- City
- Knoxville
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37931
- On-site location
- Tempering Exit End
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 74
Before the incident
He and a coworker were unloading glass off the exit end of the Tempering line and placing it on carts.
What happened
He and a coworker lifted 2 pieces of glass at the same time (against our policy) weighing 280 lbs. total and were carrying them to a cart when he fell down. The weight of the glass smashed his right hand pinky finger between the glass and the concrete floor.
Injury or illness
He broke his right hand pinky finger on 7 18 23. Note: he later had to have 1 3 of this finger surgically removed on 8 18 23 due to complications from the injury.
Object or substance involved
Carrying too much glass
Summary line
Broke right pinky finger while carrying glass. Resulted in partial amputation of finger on [REDACTED].
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Tempering
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 327215: Insulating glass, sealed units, made from purchased glass
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 84
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 164,608
- EIN
- 271728501
- Establishment ID
- 42064
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 06:50
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-04
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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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