Anderson, SC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Techtronic Cordless GP
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Techtronic Cordless GP in 100 Innovation Way, Anderson, SC 29621 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was project Engineer in general merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Techtronic Cordless GP
- Parent company
- Techtronic Cordless Group Partnership
- Street
- 100 Innovation Way
- City
- Anderson
- State
- SC
- ZIP
- 29621
- On-site location
- Outdoor Product Test Lab
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Setting up tow cart for stationary storage testing.
What happened
While setting up a stationary storage test station for a towed cart [REDACTED] loaded the cart with sand and two (2x) disc weights of 50lbs each. As he completed the setup in a squatting kneeling posture one of the weights shifted and fell off the test station striking [REDACTED] at above the Rt knee area of his leg. This caused him to lose his balance as his Rt leg buckled and lost weight bearing ability for a moment. Due to the pain from this contact with the weight [REDACTED] stood and hopped or limped out of th eshed onto the walkway between buildings and proceeded toward the rear of the shed. It was here that he made the conscious deliberate decision to let off some of his emotional and adrenal reaction to the aforementioned by physically striking the side rear corner of the metal building with his Rt hand in a punching motion.
Injury or illness
Closed fracture of 5th metacarpal of Rt hand. Rigid ulnar gutter splint applied.
Object or substance involved
Employee made physical contact in a punching motion with a metal wall affecting his Rt hand.
Summary line
Fracture of 5th metacarpal Rt hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Project Engineer
- SOC code
- 17-2199: Engineers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 423990: General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 440
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 881,498
- EIN
- 841946071
- Establishment ID
- 1139392
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 17:15
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-20
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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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