Chattanooga, TN, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Novolex
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Novolex in 5930 Quintus Loop, Chattanooga, TN, TN 37421 resulted in days away from work. Employee was extrusion Operator in flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Novolex
- Parent company
- Novolex
- Street
- 5930 Quintus Loop
- City
- Chattanooga, TN
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37421
- On-site location
- T4 Grinder
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 88
- Days restricted or transferred
- 57
Before the incident
Troubleshooting a parts grinder
What happened
Employee reached around the side of the grinder to pull out of the cabinet and the inertia of the belts had not completely stopped; finger was pulled in to belts causing amputation to tip of finger.
Injury or illness
Amputation to tip of finger
Object or substance involved
Grinder belt
Summary line
Employee caught tip of right index finger at grinder wheel [REDACTED]
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Extrusion Operator
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 326112 — Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 311
- Total hours worked
- 651512
- Establishment ID
- 1031083
- Employer case #
- 23-2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 16:05:00.000
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted
- 01FEB24:20:54:00
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.