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OSHA Injury Report: General Shale Spring City

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at General Shale Spring City in 241 Hoyal Lane, Spring City, TN 37381 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance in bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
General Shale Spring City
Parent company
General Shale Brick, Inc.
Street
241 Hoyal Lane
City
Spring City
State
TN
ZIP
37381
On-site location
Setting Machine

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
43

Before the incident

Changing out a grove bar.

What happened

Injured parties hand was holding the bar trying to get it in place. The other employee pushed the bar causing it to move and land on top of his hand fingers.

Injury or illness

Broken middle finger

Object or substance involved

Grove Bar

Summary line

Smashed hand

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
327120 — Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
95
Total hours worked
198511
EIN
200454569
Establishment ID
116479
Employer case #
20234205

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:50:00.000
Submitted
14FEB24:19:14:00

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Source

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