Shelby, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Shelby
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Shelby in Shelby, NC 28150 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was wet Chop Wet Chop Op 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
- Furnace 525 Line 8
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was Sliver Handling on 525 in Wet Chop on line 8 handing down positions.
What happened
Two employees were winding up a strand into [REDACTED] 8 chopper when the autowind started wrapping up. The autowind cot got full of glass and it dropped the strand out of the chopper. One employee proceeded to grab the strand to hand it back down when the second employee put the strand back into the chopper causing the bird cage to grab the strand and pulling the bead strap into the second employees right hand.
Injury or illness
Hot bead strap struck employee on top of their right hand causing embedded fiber glass and burns in the top of the hand.
Object or substance involved
Hot fiber glass
Summary line
Hot bead strap struck employee on top of their right hand causing embedded fiber glass and burns in the top of the hand from hot fiber glass.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Wet Chop Wet Chop Op
- SOC code
- 51-4033 — Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters,
- NAICS code
- 327212 — Glass fiber, textile type, made in glass making plants
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 404
- Total hours worked
- 955653
- EIN
- 562109195
- Establishment ID
- 75800
- Employer case #
- 4642
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 15:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 20JAN26:20:08:00
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.