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OSHA Injury Report: Hickory Metal Plant

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Hickory Metal Plant in 140 McDonald SE, Hickory, NC 28602 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was team Member in showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Hickory Metal Plant
Parent company
Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company
Street
140 McDonald SE
City
Hickory
State
NC
ZIP
28602
On-site location
Dip line

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
46

Before the incident

pulling at a plastic tote

What happened

pulling at a plastic tote

Injury or illness

sprained wrist from falling backward.

Object or substance involved

floor

Summary line

Employee was on the Dip line. She had grabbed ahold of a partially filled plastic tote and pulled back on it trying to turn it away from an adjacent tote to be able to get the label off the tote. During that process the clip on the door of the tote gave

Employee and industry

Job description
Team Member
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
337215 — Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
176
Total hours worked
380206
EIN
560494395
Establishment ID
178311
Employer case #
INC12317

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:30:00.000
Time of incident
22:20:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
29FEB24:22:00:00

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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.