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OSHA Injury Report: Shelby

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Shelby in 940 Washburnswitch Road, Shelby, NC 28150 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was wet Chop Wet Chop Op in glass fiber, textile type, made in glass making plants.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Shelby
Parent company
Electric Glass Fiber America, LLC
Street
940 Washburnswitch Road
City
Shelby
State
NC
ZIP
28150
On-site location
Furnace 525 Line 8

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee was Sliver Handling on 525 in Wet Chop on line 8 handing down positions.

What happened

Two employees were winding up a strand into [REDACTED] 8 chopper when the autowind started wrapping up. The autowind cot got full of glass and it dropped the strand out of the chopper. One employee proceeded to grab the strand to hand it back down when the second employee put the strand back into the chopper causing the bird cage to grab the strand and pulling the bead strap into the second employees right hand.

Injury or illness

Hot bead strap struck employee on top of their right hand causing embedded fiber glass and burns in the top of the hand.

Object or substance involved

Hot fiber glass

Summary line

Hot bead strap struck employee on top of their right hand causing embedded fiber glass and burns in the top of the hand from hot fiber glass.

Employee and industry

Job description
Wet Chop Wet Chop Op
SOC code
51-4033 — Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters,
NAICS code
327212 — Glass fiber, textile type, made in glass making plants
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
404
Total hours worked
955653
EIN
562109195
Establishment ID
75800
Employer case #
4642

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
15:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20JAN26:20:08:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.