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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 machine Operator 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
E27 Press End of Material Rack
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
17

An employee was at the back of the [REDACTED] press preparing to load a roll of foam material weighing 250 pounds.

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.

Partial amputation of the left little finger

material bar and rack

Partial amputation of the left little finger from material bar and rack.

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
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
13:46
Filing year
2024
Submitted
28JAN2025:14:21:00

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.