Athens, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Creative Foam - Athens
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Creative Foam - Athens in Athens, TN 37303 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Creative Foam - Athens
- Parent company
- Creative Foam Corporation
- Street
- 2301 Denso Drive,
- City
- Athens
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37303
- On-site location
- E27 Press End of Material Rack
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 17
Before the incident
An employee was at the back of the [REDACTED] press preparing to load a roll of foam material weighing 250 pounds.
What happened
An employee began lifting a material bar of a roll to place it on the right side of the [REDACTED] press rack. Another employee assisted as they struggled to put the bar into the rack 's U-shaped holder on the right side. While lowering the bar into the holder the employee pinched the tip of their left little finger between the bar and the holder.
Injury or illness
Partial amputation of the left little finger
Object or substance involved
material bar and rack
Summary line
Partial amputation of the left little finger from material bar and rack.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- 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 #
- 438
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 13:46
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28JAN2025:14:21:00
Source
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.