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OSHA Injury Report: Lee Industries Plant 3

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Lee Industries Plant 3 in Newton, NC 28658 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was auto Cutter Operator in upholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing.

Establishment
Lee Industries Plant 3
Parent company
Lee Industries LLC
Street
1620 Fisher Court
City
Newton
State
NC
ZIP
28658
On-site location
Cutting Department
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
15

Laying out fabric to cut

The cutter operator failed to confirm the injured employee was clear of the table and started the cutter. As the head moved the employee 's hand contacted the stop bar which caused the machine to shut down and small laceration to the top of the employee 's hand.

Laceration to top of hand.

Plastic bar

Laceration to the top of the hand subsequent to striking against plastic bar.

Job description
Auto Cutter Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
337121 — Upholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
207
Total hours worked
363719
EIN
560936768
Establishment ID
839075
Employer case #
49
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:00:00.000
Submitted
23FEB24:15:09:00

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.