Burnsville, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Burnsville
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Burnsville in Burnsville, NC 28714 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was welder Technician in manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Burnsville
- Parent company
- Altec Industries
- Street
- 150 Altec Dr.
- City
- Burnsville
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28714
- On-site location
- Assembly (Line 8 - Tailshelf)
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Welding on the tail shelf.
What happened
The associate was attempting to retrieve a 2 X 4 from under a tail shelf. (The 2 X 4 had been placed to close a gap in the piano hinge for the tail shelf trap door.) During the attempt he touched burned his hand on a hot weld. His reaction to the hot weld caused him to drop the tail shelf on his left thumb. Gloves (PPE) are required for the task. The associate was not wearing the required PPE at the time of the incident.
Injury or illness
The associate received a fracture to the terminal tuft of the thumb.
Object or substance involved
Tail Shelf
Summary line
The associate received a fracture to the terminal tuft of the thumb. [REDACTED]
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder Technician
- SOC code
- 51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 333120 — Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 1230
- Total hours worked
- 2198036
- EIN
- 630362926
- Establishment ID
- 192653
- Employer case #
- 559
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 16:00
- Time of incident
- 23:03
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 11FEB26:16:38:00
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.