Smithville, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Utility District
Skin disorder · Days away from work
At a glance
On , a skin disorder at Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Utility District in Smithville, TN 37166 resulted in days away from work. Employee was service Technician in gas, natural, distribution.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Utility District
- Parent company
- Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Utility District
- Street
- P. O. Box 670
- City
- Smithville
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37166
- On-site location
- 215 S Chancery St McMinnville TN 37110
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Skin disorder (code 2)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Directing traffic until police arrived due to a fallen utility pole.
What happened
A utility pole fell and the employee got out of the truck with a safety vest and hard hat to direct traffic until police could arrive. A semi-truck drove past and snagged the crossmember of the pole causing a portion of it to strike technician in the lower back.
Injury or illness
Lower back impact injury
Object or substance involved
utility pole struck by truck
Summary line
Struck in the lower back by flying object from the road while directing traffic.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Service Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9071 — Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
- NAICS code
- 221210 — Gas, natural, distribution
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 139
- Total hours worked
- 232406
- EIN
- 626015440
- Establishment ID
- 1083340
- Employer case #
- R1-2023
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 11:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 27FEB24:23:07:00
Source
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.