Gastonia, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Wix
Other illness · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an other illness at Wix in Gastonia, NC 28052 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operatorSpecialist in filters (e.g., air, engine oil, fuel) automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Wix
- Parent company
- Mann Hummel
- Street
- 2900 Northwest Blvd
- City
- Gastonia
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28052
- On-site location
- pleater on poly line
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
- Days away from work
- 16
Before the incident
trying to get pleater to run
What happened
EE turned heater head on but safety handle possibly malfunctioned and came down on right middle finger causing a laceration.
Injury or illness
Nature of Injury Illness:: Bacterial Infection; Body Part(s):: Finger(s)(Right)
Object or substance involved
safety handle
Summary line
Nature of Injury Illness:: Bacterial Infection; Cause of Injury Illness::Struck by against; Body Part(s):: Finger(s)(Right); Object Substance:: safety handle.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- OperatorSpecialist
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 336390 — Filters (e.g., air, engine oil, fuel) automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 443
- Total hours worked
- 886600
- EIN
- 201483497
- Establishment ID
- 1466295
- Employer case #
- 46
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 8:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:17:44:00
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.