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 extrusion Operator 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
- Extrusion dept. Line 7.1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
EE was helping remove a jam up from the downstream water tank using a mallet. He was attempting to knock a piece of the jam up back towards the die when his right hand struck a section of the template alignment rail on the top inside of the tank.
What happened
EE was helping remove a jam up from the downstream water tank using a mallet. He was attempting to knock a piece of the jam up back towards the die when his right hand struck a section of the template alignment rail on the top inside of the tank.
Injury or illness
Laceration to Rt. thumb
Object or substance involved
Equipment - template alignment rail inside of downstream tank
Summary line
Laceration to Rt. thumb; Hand Finger Wrist; Equipment - template alignment rail inside of downstream tank.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Extrusion Operator
- SOC code
- 51-6091 — Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders,
- 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 #
- 123522
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:44
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23JAN26:13:42:00
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.