Charlotte, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Charlotte Foam
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Charlotte Foam in Charlotte, NC 28273 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was machinist in foam polystyrene products manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Charlotte Foam
- Parent company
- Genpak LLC
- Street
- 1001 Westinghouse Blvd
- City
- Charlotte
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28273
- On-site location
- Machine Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Grinding metal
What happened
Employee didn 't know right away he got a metal particle in eye. Later felt he did have something in eye so flushed eye at home. Had unrelated doctor appointment and doctor flushed and recommended seeing eye doctor. Believed metal particle flew into eye while grinding in maintenance shop.
Injury or illness
Irritation to right eye.
Object or substance involved
Metal particle
Summary line
Debris in eye believed to be while grinding
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machinist
- SOC code
- 51-4041 — Machinists
- NAICS code
- 326140 — Foam polystyrene products manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 103
- Total hours worked
- 173961
- EIN
- 141803622
- Establishment ID
- 344413
- Employer case #
- 2023-02
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 11:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 27FEB24:11:36:00
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.