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OSHA Injury Report: New Indy Catawba

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at New Indy Catawba in 5300 Cureton Ferry Rd, South Carolina, SC 29704 resulted in days away from work. Employee was third Hand in paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, container board, corrugating medium, folding carton stock, linerboard, tube) manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
New Indy Catawba
Parent company
New Indy Containerboard
Street
5300 Cureton Ferry Rd
City
South Carolina
State
SC
ZIP
29704
On-site location
PM 3 Pulper Pit

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
179

Before the incident

Basic Care rounds Walking down stairs

What happened

Employee was training as back tender on his basic care round for the job. He was inspecting the equipment in the dry end pulper pit for PM3. He tripped on a firehouse in the stair way down to the pit causing him to slip and catch himself halfway down the stairs. The employee was complaining of pain in his back neck and head following the impact from the fall.

Injury or illness

Contusion of Lower Back AreaMultiple Trunk

Object or substance involved

Other Sources - Environmental and elemental conditions

Summary line

Contusion of Lower Back AreaMultiple Trunk - Directly harmed by: Other Sources - Environmental and elemental conditions

Employee and industry

Job description
Third Hand
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
322130 — Paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, container board, corrugating medium, folding carton stock, linerboard, tube) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
409
Total hours worked
1025547
EIN
371694793
Establishment ID
1211219
Employer case #
FY23-00396

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:30:00.000
Time of incident
8:15:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01MAR24:22:45:00

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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.