Shelby, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Shelby
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Shelby in 940 Washburnswitch Road, Shelby, NC 28150 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was quality Lab Tech in glass fiber, textile type, made in glass making plants.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Shelby
- Parent company
- Electric Glass Fiber America, LLC
- Street
- 940 Washburnswitch Road
- City
- Shelby
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28150
- On-site location
- QA lab, around the skein machine
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was working in lab making yardage bows.
What happened
Employee working in the QA lab was making yardage bows on Direct Roving packages on the Skein machine. She was walking back around the 4 package lift assist which was at its bottom level. As she passed by she hit her right leg calf on the corner of the lift assist. The corners are rounded but it still broke the skin on her calf although it didn 't tear her pants. She says that she had done that before just not as hard and not caused any issues.
Injury or illness
Employee struck her leg on the corner of the lift assist causing a laceration to her right calf.
Object or substance involved
Lift assist
Summary line
Employee struck her leg on the corner of the lift assist causing a laceration to her right calf from Lift assist
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Quality Lab Tech
- SOC code
- 51-9061: Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- NAICS code
- 327212: Glass fiber, textile type, made in glass making plants
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 404
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 955,653
- EIN
- 562109195
- Establishment ID
- 75800
- Employer case #
- 4561
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 07:55
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-20
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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