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OSHA Injury Report: AVL USA Inc

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at AVL USA Inc in Charlotte, NC 28273 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Builder in fabricated structural metal manufacturing.

Establishment
AVL USA Inc
Parent company
AVL USA Inc
Street
13006 Sam Neely Road
City
Charlotte
State
NC
ZIP
28273
On-site location
Production floor
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
1

He was removing a shipping bracket nut and bolt using a socket and ratchet breaker bar. The task was performed from an awkward position on the floor while manually applying force to loosen a fastener.

While pulling forcefully on the breaker bar from a twisted position (left knee on the ground bent backwards right leg extended) the employee felt a pop in his leg knee followed by immediate pain.

Left knee sprain

Socket and ratchet breaker bar (manual force applied while loosening shipping bracket nut and bolt)

Knee injury from overexertion and awkward posture while removing bracket nut and bolt

Job description
Machine Builder
SOC code
51-2031 — Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
NAICS code
332312 — Fabricated structural metal manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
40
Total hours worked
50355
EIN
334186542
Establishment ID
1519347
Employer case #
25306
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
8:08
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:21:23:00

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.