Granite Falls, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Associated Hardwoods, Inc.
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Associated Hardwoods, Inc. in Granite Falls, NC 28630 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was forest Stewardship Land Management Specialist in lumber (e.g., dressed, finished, rough) merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Associated Hardwoods, Inc.
- Parent company
- Associated Hardwoods, Inc.
- Street
- 650 North Main Street
- City
- Granite Falls
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28630
- On-site location
- Hudson Log Yard
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
The employee was working at the [REDACTED] log yard trimming limbs over some light fixtures and collecting fallen limbs.
What happened
During the process a pine needle accidentally scratched the employee’s right eye (cornea).
Injury or illness
The injury was a corneal abrasion (scratch to the surface of the right eye) caused by contact with a pine needle.
Object or substance involved
Pine needle.
Summary line
EE was working at the Hudson log yard trimming limbs over some light fixtures and collecting fallen limbs. During the process a pine needle accidentally scratched the employee’s right eye (cornea).
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Forest Stewardship Land Management Specialist
- SOC code
- 41-1012 — First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
- NAICS code
- 423310 — Lumber (e.g., dressed, finished, rough) merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 113
- Total hours worked
- 235442
- EIN
- 561214685
- Establishment ID
- 147320
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 8:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 16JAN26:01:13:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.