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OSHA Injury Report: Polartec Tennessee Manufacturing

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Polartec Tennessee Manufacturing in 310 Industrial Drive SW, Cleveland, TN 37311 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mixerWeigher in textile.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Polartec Tennessee Manufacturing
Parent company
Milliken Company
Street
310 Industrial Drive SW
City
Cleveland
State
TN
ZIP
37311
On-site location
Dye House

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee was resealing a bag of dye using a tabletop impulse sealer.

What happened

Hand slipped off the handle of impulse sealer handle is spring-loaded open and hit her in the teeth.

Injury or illness

Injury consisted of a chipped crown and another crown completely broken including the tooth it covered leaving root of tooth in gums.

Object or substance involved

The handle of the tabletop impulse sealer.

Summary line

Broken Front [REDACTED]

Employee and industry

Job description
MixerWeigher
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
313310 — Textile
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
164
Total hours worked
317738
EIN
611768368
Establishment ID
1282864
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
12:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
24FEB26:20:41:00

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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.