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OSHA Injury Report: USA Mt Gilead

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at USA Mt Gilead in 149 Homanit USA Road, Mt Gilead, NC 27306 resulted in days away from work. Employee was team Lead in fiberboard.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
USA Mt Gilead
Parent company
Mohawk Industries
Street
149 Homanit USA Road
City
Mt Gilead
State
NC
ZIP
27306
On-site location
Sanding Reject Bin

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
4
Days restricted or transferred
14

Before the incident

The employee was on a ladder inspecting the reject bin.

What happened

Employee (EE) was using an 8 ft ladder to observe the bookmaker reject bin conveying system on the sanding line. When descending the ladder the EE missed the 4th step from the ground and fell to the ground landing on their left wrist and tailbone back. Team member stated they had three points of contact while using ladder.

Injury or illness

Lower back pain

Object or substance involved

Concrete floor

Summary line

Team member was climbing down an 8 foot ladder when she missed a step and fell to the ground hurting her wrist and lower back. Team member has soft tissue inflammation in lower back

Employee and industry

Job description
Team Lead
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
321219 — Fiberboard
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
155
Total hours worked
356241
EIN
521604305
Establishment ID
802576
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:20:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
27FEB24:19:17:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.