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OSHA Injury Report: Burnsville

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Burnsville in Burnsville, NC 28714 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was paint Line Associate in manufacturing.

Establishment
Burnsville
Parent company
Altec Industries
Street
150 Altec Dr.
City
Burnsville
State
NC
ZIP
28714
On-site location
Dressout Bay 2
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Installing material hooks into b-line channels.

Associate attempted to install painted hooks inside of the street side horizontal compartment and noticed that the bolts would not go through holes on hook due to weld slag. Associate then tried using a screwdriver to remove the slag and could not remove it. Associate then used a drill and drill bit to drill out the slag. Associate was holding hook with right hand and drilling with left down from the top. The drill bit caught on the slag and spun the hook around in the associate 's hand causing a laceration between his thumb and index finger.

Laceration on top of left hand on web between thumb and index finger.

Metal hook

Laceration on top of left hand on web between thumb and index finger.

Job description
Paint Line Associate
SOC code
51-9124 — Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and
NAICS code
333120 — Manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1230
Total hours worked
2198036
EIN
630362926
Establishment ID
192653
Employer case #
612
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
5:40
Filing year
2025
Submitted
11FEB26:16:38:00

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.