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OSHA Injury Report: Vanguard DC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Vanguard DC in 307 Simpson Street, Conover, NC 28613 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was shipper in household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Vanguard DC
Parent company
Vanguard Furniture
Street
307 Simpson Street
City
Conover
State
NC
ZIP
28613
On-site location
In house off site

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
68

Before the incident

Moving a dresser inside the house

What happened

Employee hurt his back today as he was helping [REDACTED] deliver furniture to a hurricane victim in [REDACTED]. They were lifting up a dresser ([REDACTED]) in order to line it up before carrying it up the stairway. As he lifted the dresser he felt the pull in his lower back. It was an [REDACTED] dresser weighing 462 lbs.

Injury or illness

Back - lower right - strain

Object or substance involved

Dresser

Summary line

Strained his lower back when lifting a dresser in order to line it up to go upstairs

Employee and industry

Job description
Shipper
SOC code
43-5071 — Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
NAICS code
337121 — Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
97
Total hours worked
164298
EIN
560928040
Establishment ID
120667
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
9:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16FEB26:15:03:00

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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.