Chattanooga, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: United Enertech
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at United Enertech in Chattanooga, TN 37407 resulted in days away from work. Employee was crater in sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- United Enertech
- Parent company
- United Enertech Cooperation
- Street
- 3005 S. Hickory Street
- City
- Chattanooga
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37407
- On-site location
- Crating area 3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 7
- Days restricted or transferred
- 54
Before the incident
The employee was assembling a 3 ' by 3 ' pallet with a pneumatic nail gun loaded with 3 inch framing nails.
What happened
After the employee was done assembling the pallet the nail gun had jammed. When he was attempting to remove the jam his finger was still on the trigger of the nail gun. He inadvertently depressed the safety switch in the head of the nail gun and shot a nail into his Left middle finger extending down into his palm.
Injury or illness
Puncture wound to the Left middle finger resulting in a closed non displaced fracture.
Object or substance involved
3 inch framing nail
Summary line
Puncture wound 3 inch framing nail L middle finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Crater
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 332322 — Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 225
- Total hours worked
- 389794
- EIN
- 814575851
- Establishment ID
- 921677
- Employer case #
- 23-10
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 7:25:00.000
- Submitted
- 01MAR24:22:27:00
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.