OSHA Injury Report: USG Interiors Westlake

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Waiting for fork truck assistance

What happened

The Bod Operator called for Material handling to remove a pallet of completed cartons that were run While waiting for the pallet to be removed the operator began running the next scheduled job After producing 50 cartons the Operator decided to move a Narrow [REDACTED] Pallet to the [REDACTED] finishing area by hand The Operator lifted the Narrow Pallet from the top of a stack of four pallets and began carrying it towards the [REDACTED] finishing area approximately 30 away While carrying the pallet another Operator working on the opposite side of the South aisle called out to him that he would help The Operator carrying the pallet turned to answer and felt a tightness in his lower back The Narrow [REDACTED] Pallet is 16 wide by 144 long and weighs 60lbs

Injury or illness

Nature of InjuryIllness SprainStrainOverexertion Body Parts Back

Object or substance involved

Not applicable

Summary line

Nature of InjuryIllness SprainStrainOverexertion Cause of InjuryIllnessLifting Body Parts Back Object Substance Not applicable

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.