Morganton, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: VEKA East
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at VEKA East in 90 Ceramic Tile Drive, Morganton, NC 28655 resulted in days away from work. Employee was extrusion Operator in profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- VEKA East
- Street
- 90 Ceramic Tile Drive
- City
- Morganton
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28655
- On-site location
- Production Floor Line 20
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 152
Before the incident
EE was using a bucket filling up the foam hopper on the deck line using a step ladder.
What happened
After 3-4 trips up and down the ladder EE was stepping down and missed the last step causing him to fall onto the floor.
Injury or illness
Fracture to Coccyx
Object or substance involved
Concrete floor
Summary line
EE INJURED LOWER BACK (COCCYX) VIA FALL TO LOWER LEVEL WHILE STEPPING DOWN A SET OF STAIRS
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Extrusion Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 326121: Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 130
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 264,817
- Establishment ID
- 915310
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 13:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-22
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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