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OSHA Injury Report: Hickory Chair

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Hickory Chair in Hickory, NC 28602 resulted in days away from work. Employee was veneer Press Operator in chair and couch springs, assembled, manufacturing.

Establishment
Hickory Chair
Parent company
RHF INVESTMENTS, INC.
Street
37 9th Street Place SE
City
Hickory
State
NC
ZIP
28602
On-site location
Rough Mill Veneer Department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3

Cutting scraps of veneer

While cutting scraps of veneer on the drop cutter machine tips of middle and index right hand fingers were severed by blade.

Amputation of right middle and index fingers

Blade from veneer drop cutter machine

Partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of right index and middle fingers. Blade from veneer drop cutting machine

Job description
Veneer Press Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
337121 — Chair and couch springs, assembled, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
438
Total hours worked
786322
EIN
462232330
Establishment ID
836303
Employer case #
23-8
Date of incident
Time of incident
12:55:00.000
Submitted
08JAN24:16:02:00

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.