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OSHA Injury Report: Tenneco Automotive - Napoleon

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Tenneco Automotive - Napoleon in 11800 State Route 424, Napoleon, OH 43545 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance in automotive, truck and bus suspension assemblies and parts (except springs) manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Tenneco Automotive - Napoleon
Parent company
Tenneco Automotive
Street
11800 State Route 424
City
Napoleon
State
OH
ZIP
43545
On-site location
Maintenance area

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Maintenance apprentice was finishing steel rods for new racking on a belt [REDACTED].

What happened

As TM was finishing the steel rods they allowed their hands to become too vertical in relation to the sanding suface and the steel rod was sucked into the belt sander. As this occurred the TM got their left thumb pinched between the rod and the sanding surface and suffereed and injury.

Injury or illness

Left Thumb was pinched in a belt sander.

Object or substance involved

Belt sander

Summary line

Pinched in belt [REDACTED]

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
336330 — Automotive, truck and bus suspension assemblies and parts (except springs) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
202
Total hours worked
411927
Establishment ID
1079284
Employer case #
23-NAP-693

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:30:00.000
Submitted
22JAN24:20:08:00

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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.