Morganton, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: VEKA East
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at VEKA East in 90 Ceramic Tile Drive, 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
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 106
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 225,859
- Establishment ID
- 915310
- Employer case #
- 123522
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-23
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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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