Wedowee, AL —
OSHA Injury Report: North America : Wedowee
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at North America : Wedowee in Wedowee, AL 36278 resulted in days away from work. Employee was shipper and Receiver in wood Window and Door Manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- North America : Wedowee
- Parent company
- Jeld-Wen Inc.
- Street
- 51 Probit Drive
- City
- Wedowee
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 36278
- On-site location
- Receiving area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 4
Before the incident
While moving glass from a damaged pallet that was tipped on its side the employee got an empty box to put the glass in. He positioned himself between the damaged pallet and the new box of glass to transfer the glass. The glass from the damaged pallet struck him while he was transferring the glass from the damaged pallet to a new pallet. The glass struck him on the leg and pinned him to the floor with the glass on top of his legs. He was able to extricate himself from the glass with the assistance of another employee and then the two of them worked together
What happened
While moving glass from a damaged pallet that was tipped on its side the employee got an empty box to put the glass in. He positioned himself between the damaged pallet and the new box of glass to transfer the glass. The glass from the damaged pallet struck him while he was transferring the glass from the damaged pallet to a new pallet. The glass struck him on the leg and pinned him to the floor with the glass on top of his legs. He was able to extricate himself from the glass with the assistance of another employee and then the two of them worked together
Injury or illness
Sprain Strain Leg Left AnkleLeft CalfLeft Leg
Object or substance involved
Glass
Summary line
The glass from the damaged pallet struck him while he was transferring the glass from the damaged pallet to a new pallet. The glass struck him on the leg and pinned him to the floor with the glass on top of his legs.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Shipper and Receiver
- SOC code
- 43-5071 — Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
- NAICS code
- 321911 — Wood Window and Door Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 66
- Total hours worked
- 134813
- EIN
- 930496342
- Establishment ID
- 872997
- Employer case #
- 10
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 2:45:00.000
- Submitted
- 12FEB24:18:13:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.