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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 production Support 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
Banding Sealing Area

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

EE was banding and sealing bundles of finished goods from the production lines.

What happened

EE sat the electric bander on top of the bundle that she was working on leaned over to grab the strap of banding from underneath the bundle and the bander fell of of the bundle striking her in the head.

Injury or illness

Laceration to the head

Object or substance involved

Electric banding machine

Summary line

EE WAS BANDING SEALING A BUNDLE. EE SAT THE ANDER ON TOP OF AN LB BUNDLE AND WHILE REACHING DOWN TO PULL THE GREEN BANDING UP FROM UNDERNEATH THE BUNDLE THE BANDER FELL OFF THE BUNDLE STRIKING EE IN HEAD RESULTING IN A LACERATION

Employee and industry

Job description
Production Support
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
326121 — Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
130
Total hours worked
264817
Establishment ID
915310
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:25:00.000
Submitted
22JAN24:15:19:00

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Source

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