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OSHA Injury Report: Kaufman Trailers, LLC

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Kaufman Trailers, LLC in 702 North Silver St, Lexington, NC 27292 resulted in days away from work. Employee was weld Foreman in automobile transporter trailers, single car, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Kaufman Trailers, LLC
Parent company
Kaufman Trailers, LLC
Street
702 North Silver St
City
Lexington
State
NC
ZIP
27292
On-site location
Outside Weld Aisle 3

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
242

Before the incident

[REDACTED] was standing outside the building at the entrance to [REDACTED] on the South end of the main shop observing and giving instructions to [REDACTED] who was driving a forklift.

What happened

[REDACTED] was driving a forklift into the building with two 30 ' long I-beams chained onto the forks. [REDACTED] observed that the chain was too close to the end of the forks and was attempting to warn [REDACTED].

Injury or illness

When [REDACTED] drover the metal transition piece at the bay door the beams slid off the end of the forks and landed on [REDACTED] right leg crushing it and pinning him to the ground.

Object or substance involved

30 ' long steel 12 I-beam (approximately 500 lbs)

Summary line

Broken right leg and foot from steel i-beam

Employee and industry

Job description
Weld Foreman
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
336214 — Automobile transporter trailers, single car, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
124
Total hours worked
228885
EIN
882743153
Establishment ID
1090595
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
14:32:00.000
Time of incident
16:45:00.000
Submitted
29JAN24:19:50:00

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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.