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OSHA Injury Report: Shelby

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Shelby in Shelby, NC 28150 resulted in days away from work. Employee was direct Chop Fixer in glass fiber, textile type, made in glass making plants.

Establishment
Shelby
Parent company
Electric Glass Fiber America, LLC
Street
940 Washburnswitch Road
City
Shelby
State
NC
ZIP
28150
On-site location
525 Sliver Level line 8
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
4

Employee was working as a fixer on 525 in Wet Chop removing a press roll from the chopper on Line 8

Employee was changing a press roller out and the press roller got stuck on the end of the shaft [REDACTED] was lifting it up and pulled on it and when it came off his hand came down with the weight of the press roller and hit the head. That is when he got cut on the hand between his thumb and pointing finger on the back of the hand he did have on his cut resistant gloves but is cut right threw them.

Chopper blade cut through the employees cut resistant glove and cut him on the top of his right thumb

Wet Chop chopper blade

Chopper blade cut through the employees cut resistant glove and cut him on the top of his right thumb from Wet Chop chopper blade

Job description
Direct Chop Fixer
SOC code
51-9032 — Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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 #
4646
Date of incident
Shift started
20:00
Time of incident
21:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20JAN26:20:14:00

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.