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OSHA Injury Report: Hickory Chair

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Hickory Chair in 37 9th Street Place SE, Hickory, NC 28602 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was utility Machine Operator in chair and couch springs, assembled, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Hickory Chair
Parent company
RHF INVESTMENTS, INC.
Street
37 9th Street Place SE
City
Hickory
State
NC
ZIP
28602
On-site location
Machine Room

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
54

Before the incident

Operating the [REDACTED]-100 boring machine for vertical holes.

What happened

Had just switched boring machine from boring vertical holes to horizontal holes. Forgot to turn the cycle switch from vertical to horizontal. When employee stepped on the cycle pedal the vertical boring head came up and the drill bit cut right ring finger.

Injury or illness

Cut- right ring finger

Object or substance involved

Drill bit on boring machine

Summary line

Had just switched boring machine from boring vertical holes to horizontal holes. Forgot to turn the cycle switch from vertical to horizontal. When employee stepped on the cycle pedal this caused the vertical boring head to cut right ring finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Utility Machine Operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
337121 — Chair and couch springs, assembled, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
438
Total hours worked
786322
EIN
462232330
Establishment ID
836303
Employer case #
23-3

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
10:40:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
05JAN24:14:46:00

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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.