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OSHA Injury Report: Lee Industries Plant 5

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Lee Industries Plant 5 in 210 4TH ST SW, CONOVER, NC 28613 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was cushion Filler in upholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Lee Industries Plant 5
Parent company
Lee Industries LLC
Street
210 4TH ST SW
City
CONOVER
State
NC
ZIP
28613
On-site location
Sales Aids Department

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
14

Before the incident

Pulling pallet jack.

What happened

A small piece of a pallet became loose and fell. The piece fell in front of the pallet jack wheel causing the pallet jack to abruptly stop.

Injury or illness

The associate was moving a pallet using a pallet jack. A piece of the pallet became loose and fell causing the pallet jack to abruptly stop. The associate subsequently suffered a sprain to the pulling wrist.

Object or substance involved

Broken pallet

Summary line

[REDACTED] sprained wrist while pulling a pallet jack that came to an abrupt stop after running over a small piece of wood.

Employee and industry

Job description
Cushion Filler
SOC code
51-6093 — Upholsterers
NAICS code
337121 — Upholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
274
Total hours worked
513535
EIN
560936768
Establishment ID
839097
Employer case #
92

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
15:45
Filing year
2024
Submitted
29DEC2025:15:04:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.