Morganton, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: VEKA East
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at VEKA East in Morganton, NC 28655 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was material Handler in profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- VEKA East
- Street
- 90 Ceramic Tile Drive
- City
- Morganton
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28655
- On-site location
- Outdoor Wood Storage Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
EE was adjusting the forks of his forklift in order to pick up a pallet of wooden U 's from the outdoor wood storage area.
What happened
EE was adjusting the forks of his forklift in order to pick up a pallet of wooden U 's from the outdoor wood storage area. While doing so his finger got pinched between the fork and the mast of the lift.
Injury or illness
Laceration to Left 5th Finger.
Object or substance involved
The fork of the forklift
Summary line
Laceration to left 5th finger; hand finger wrist; the fork of the forklift.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Material Handler
- SOC code
- 53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 326121 — Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 106
- Total hours worked
- 225859
- Establishment ID
- 915310
- Employer case #
- 123464
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 16:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23JAN26:13:27:00
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.