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OSHA Injury Report: Creative Foam - Athens

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Creative Foam - Athens in Athens, TN 37303 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production Setup PM Tech in cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing.

Establishment
Creative Foam - Athens
Parent company
Creative Foam Corporation
Street
2301 Denso Drive,
City
Athens
State
TN
ZIP
37303
On-site location
Front of Heat Seal 4
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
180

The employee was stepping down from a scissor lift.

As the employee was descending the lift they mistook the second step for the first step. As they stepped off they fell and landed on their back. As they fell they grabbed with their left hand trying to stop their fall and hurt their wrist.

Sprain left wrist

concrete floor

Sprain to left wrist while falling from scissor lift step.

Job description
Production Setup PM Tech
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
326150 — Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
203
Total hours worked
406379
EIN
381905349
Establishment ID
521928
Employer case #
339
Date of incident
Shift started
16:15
Time of incident
17:40
Filing year
2024
Submitted
27JAN2025:19:28:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.