Chattanooga, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Komatsu America Corp
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Komatsu America Corp in 409 Signal Mountain Road, Chattanooga, TN 37405 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was welder in construction machinery manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Komatsu America Corp
- Parent company
- Komatsu America Corp
- Street
- 409 Signal Mountain Road
- City
- Chattanooga
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37405
- On-site location
- Track Frame Semi-Automatic Welding fixture
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 14
Before the incident
Attempting to connect an air hose to a grinder
What happened
In the process of connecting the air hose the EE lost his grip on the grinder and triggering it to start as he dropped on his right thigh
Injury or illness
laceration to the right thigh from a grinder
Object or substance involved
air grinder wheel
Summary line
laceration by grinder after air hose connection failed and EE dropped grinder
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder
- SOC code
- 51-4121: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 333120: Construction machinery manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 525
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 984,735
- EIN
- 407240960
- Establishment ID
- 1014100
- Employer case #
- 2324
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 12:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-27
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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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