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OSHA Injury Report: Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations, LLC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations, LLC in 8001 Volkswagen Dr, Chattanooga, TN 37416 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was team Member in chassis, automobile, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations, LLC
Parent company
Volkswagen Group of America
Street
8001 Volkswagen Dr
City
Chattanooga
State
TN
ZIP
37416
On-site location
Body Conveyance Body-Conveyance-Minomi 1

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
4

Before the incident

When preparing to begin delivery of doors (Right Rear) on closure line I began to do tugger inspection sheet. As I drove off teh tugger I noticed it was shaking rattling slightly then the machine handle all of a sudden shot around quickly jamming my right hand into the throttle.

What happened

When preparing to begin delivery of doors (Right Rear) on closure line I began to do tugger inspection sheet. As I drove off teh tugger I noticed it was shaking rattling slightly then the machine handle all of a sudden shot around quickly jamming my right hand into the throttle.

Injury or illness

Pain

Object or substance involved

Caught crush jammed or pinched betw stationry obj init

Summary line

Pain Hand Wrist R

Employee and industry

Job description
Team Member
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
336111 — Chassis, automobile, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2017
Avg employees
3981
Total hours worked
8727819
Establishment ID
1447855
Employer case #
88438

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
6:25
Filing year
2025
Submitted
29JAN26:19:42:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.