Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Owens Corning Fiberglass, LLC, 400 Case Avenue, NEWARK, OHIO 43055
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee hooked up a high vac to perform routine housekeeping tasks. The employee was walking to turn the high vac on when they fell to the ground and contacted the furnace deck, resulting in a fractured left femur that required hospitalization.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
On July 17, 2025, an employee was informed that the overtravel cable came off the wire rope drum. He went to unwind the rope drum. The bucket moved and caused the rope to tighten on the employee's right thumb, resulting in a partial amputation.
AN employee was working on the automated feed line when the pusher jammed. The employee cleared the jam, which caused the pusher to activate the press. The employee's right middle, ring, and little fingers were caught between the press mechanism and the material, resulting in amputations to the fingers.
An employee was installing a belt onto the sheave of a fan motor. The machine was being rotated by hand to put a new belt in place when the employee's fingers got caught between the machine and the belt, resulting in a partial amputation of the little fingertip.
An employee was preparing a glass melter for extensive repairs. Water was being introduced into the melter with a lance to break up the hot glass. The water caused the molten glass to exit the melter with force, contacting the employee. The employee sustained thermal burns to their forearm, neck, and head.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.