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OSHA Injury Report: New Belgium Brewing Company: Asheville

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at New Belgium Brewing Company: Asheville in 91 Craven ST, Asheville, NC 28806 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was senior Packaging Equipment Technician in beverages, beer, ale, and malt liquors, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
New Belgium Brewing Company: Asheville
Parent company
New Belgium Brewing Company
Street
91 Craven ST
City
Asheville
State
NC
ZIP
28806
On-site location
Combo line palletizer

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Adjusting misaligned pallets

What happened

Packaging technician was performing a non-routine task adjusting misaligned pallets being fed into the combo line palletizer. The task required them to duck under the layer head and manually realign the pallet so the photo eye detected their presence. When they attempted to backout from under they layer head and stand up they struck the back of their head on the round photo eye reflector.

Injury or illness

Laceration to Head

Object or substance involved

Photo eye reflector on palletizer

Summary line

Laceration to Head caused by Photo eye reflector on palletizer

Employee and industry

Job description
Senior Packaging Equipment Technician
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
312120 — Beverages, beer, ale, and malt liquors, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
160
Total hours worked
274673
EIN
841225570
Establishment ID
1015515
Employer case #
IN-202509

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
12:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
23JAN26:21:41:00

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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.