Gastonia, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: GSM Services
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at GSM Services in Gastonia, NC 28052 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was comm HVAC Foreman in roofing contractors.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- GSM Services
- Parent company
- GSM Services
- Street
- 1535 W May Avenue
- City
- Gastonia
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28052
- On-site location
- 1610 E Marion St. / Shelby NC
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 8
Before the incident
Standing on a commercial grade attic ladder helping to guide the bottom of a gas furnace unit down from the attic.
What happened
Coworker was assisting in the removal of a gas furnace from an attic & was holding the bottom of the unit while standing on an attic ladder. The unit slipped forward falling onto coworker. He was able to hold onto the unit but felt pain in his back.
Injury or illness
Strain of muscle and tendon of back wall of thorax initial encounter (S29.012A). Strain of muscle fascia and tendon of lower back initial encounter (S39.012A).
Object or substance involved
The gas furnace unit being replaced
Summary line
Worker was removing a gas furnace from an attic while standing on a ladder when unit shifted forward falling towards coworker straining his back.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Comm HVAC Foreman
- SOC code
- 47-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Wo
- NAICS code
- 238160 — Roofing contractors
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 258
- Total hours worked
- 427763
- EIN
- 560883987
- Establishment ID
- 696425
- Employer case #
- 2025-0009
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 02MAR26:22:45:00
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.