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OSHA Injury Report: Owens Corning

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Owens Corning in 400 Case Ave, Newark, OH 43055 resulted in days away from work. Employee was warehouse and Shipping LTO in fiberglass insulation products manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Owens Corning
Parent company
Owens Corning
Street
400 Case Ave
City
Newark
State
OH
ZIP
43055
On-site location
Southeast ramp in wool plant

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
71

Before the incident

Driving a tow motor and picking up a pallet.

What happened

The employee was performing his normal job duties by pulling 7 truck strings of pallets with a mule to the stack & load area on the [REDACTED] line. As he was entering the [REDACTED] ramp of the wool plant the sixth truck string (carrying 1 pallet) hit a bollard on the corner as he was making the turn inside. The bollard knocked off the pallet. The employee noticed this stopped the mule and got out of the vehicle to move the pallet out of the way. In route to pick up pallet the employee slipped on a residual amount of cullet at the top of the ramp and fell on his right hip. They immediately reported the incident.

Injury or illness

Lower back hip strain and forearm pain

Object or substance involved

Ground

Summary line

Lower back hip stain and forearm pain from ground

Employee and industry

Job description
Warehouse and Shipping LTO
SOC code
43-5071 — Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
NAICS code
327993 — Fiberglass insulation products manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
486
Total hours worked
1004380
Establishment ID
1005980
Employer case #
2023-45441

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
7:45:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:17:25:00

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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.