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OSHA Injury Report: Chattanooga - Motorwheel LLC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Chattanooga - Motorwheel LLC in 2660 Sidney Street, Chattanooga, TN 37408 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production Associate in iron foundries.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Chattanooga - Motorwheel LLC
Parent company
Motorwheel LLC
Street
2660 Sidney Street
City
Chattanooga
State
TN
ZIP
37408
On-site location
Chattanooga

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
5

Before the incident

Unhooking torch heater chain to lower torch into bull ladle

What happened

Employee was placing the bull ladle on heat using the heater when the heater came down pinning his finger against the eye bolt at the first joint resulting in a sprain.

Injury or illness

Sprain

Object or substance involved

Missing hook heater not secure to floor

Summary line

Sprain to Left Fingers caused by Missing hook heater not secure to floor

Employee and industry

Job description
Production Associate
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
331511 — Iron foundries
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
68
Total hours worked
146150
EIN
10825246
Establishment ID
730382
Employer case #
IN-2023060

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
22:00:00.000
Time of incident
0:15:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
28FEB24:20:22:00

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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.