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OSHA Injury Report: DFA FLUID - ATHENS TN

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at DFA FLUID - ATHENS TN in 806 E. MADISON AVE, ATHENS, TN 37303 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was master Operation Technician in fLUID MILK MANUFACTURING.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
DFA FLUID - ATHENS TN
Parent company
DFA DAIRY BRANDS FLUID LLC
Street
806 E. MADISON AVE
City
ATHENS
State
TN
ZIP
37303
On-site location
Freezer 6 - Osgood Filler

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Using a safety knife to cut scrap safety seal roll off of Osgood filler. He cut towards himself instead of cutting away from himself and struck his left forearm with the safety knife during the attempt to cut the film..

What happened

Employee used safety knife and did not cut in proper direction resulting in cutting his left arm. He was using a utility safety knife.

Injury or illness

Laceration

Object or substance involved

Safety knife

Summary line

Cut Laceration Puncture Upper Extremities-Lower Arm Left Side Knife Utility Knife Box Cutter Hand tool

Employee and industry

Job description
Master Operation Technician
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311511 — FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
304
Total hours worked
662031
EIN
850489560
Establishment ID
709558
Employer case #
2023-025

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:08:00.000
Submitted
14MAR24:19:02:00

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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.