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OSHA Injury Report: Ken Garner Manufacturing

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Ken Garner Manufacturing in 1201 East 28th Street, Chattanooga, TN 37404 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was weld Inspector in construction machinery manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Ken Garner Manufacturing
Parent company
Ken Garner Manufacturing
Street
1201 East 28th Street
City
Chattanooga
State
TN
ZIP
37404
On-site location
Bay 1 - Wheel Weld Inspection

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Arc gouging and grinding

What happened

Foreign [REDACTED] Partical randomly landed in his eye.

Injury or illness

Foreign Airbourne Partical randomly landed in his eye.

Object or substance involved

Airbourne Particle

Summary line

While arc gouging and grinding something got in his eye. The following day is it was bothering him but he thought it was arc burn so didn 't report it. [REDACTED] he woke up and his eye was swelled shut.

Employee and industry

Job description
Weld Inspector
SOC code
51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
NAICS code
333120 — Construction machinery manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
101
Total hours worked
171178
Establishment ID
344027
Employer case #
4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
12:53
Filing year
2024
Submitted
12FEB2025:16:04:00

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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.