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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
Production Floor Line 16

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

EE was packing production line 16.

What happened

EE noticed the line was jamming and tried to stop it by running around to the other side of the line. In doing so EE slipped on debris plastic shavings on the floor and struck his head and hip on the floor.

Injury or illness

Minor laceration to the head. Contusion to hip.

Object or substance involved

Concrete floor

Summary line

EE was working on line 16. After using a sawz-all to cut scrap EE returned to packing the line. Upon doing so EE slipped on the debris shavings on the floor striking his head on the floor 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 #
3

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:36:00.000
Submitted
22JAN24:15:22:00

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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.