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Morganton, NC —

OSHA Injury Report: VEKA East

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at VEKA East in 90 Ceramic Tile Drive, Morganton, NC 28655 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was extrusion Operator in profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
VEKA East
Street
90 Ceramic Tile Drive
City
Morganton
State
NC
ZIP
28655
On-site location
Extrusion dept. Line 7.1

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

EE was helping remove a jam up from the downstream water tank using a mallet. He was attempting to knock a piece of the jam up back towards the die when his right hand struck a section of the template alignment rail on the top inside of the tank.

What happened

EE was helping remove a jam up from the downstream water tank using a mallet. He was attempting to knock a piece of the jam up back towards the die when his right hand struck a section of the template alignment rail on the top inside of the tank.

Injury or illness

Laceration to Rt. thumb

Object or substance involved

Equipment - template alignment rail inside of downstream tank

Summary line

Laceration to Rt. thumb; Hand Finger Wrist; Equipment - template alignment rail inside of downstream tank.

Employee and industry

Job description
Extrusion Operator
SOC code
51-6091 — Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders,
NAICS code
326121 — Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
106
Total hours worked
225859
Establishment ID
915310
Employer case #
123522

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:44
Filing year
2025
Submitted
23JAN26:13:42:00

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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.