Morganton, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: VEKA East
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at VEKA East in Morganton, NC 28655 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was production Support 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
- Banding Sealing Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
EE was banding and sealing bundles of finished goods from the production lines.
What happened
EE sat the electric bander on top of the bundle that she was working on leaned over to grab the strap of banding from underneath the bundle and the bander fell of of the bundle striking her in the head.
Injury or illness
Laceration to the head
Object or substance involved
Electric banding machine
Summary line
EE WAS BANDING SEALING A BUNDLE. EE SAT THE ANDER ON TOP OF AN LB BUNDLE AND WHILE REACHING DOWN TO PULL THE GREEN BANDING UP FROM UNDERNEATH THE BUNDLE THE BANDER FELL OFF THE BUNDLE STRIKING EE IN HEAD RESULTING IN A LACERATION
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production Support
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326121 — Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 130
- Total hours worked
- 264817
- Establishment ID
- 915310
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 10:25:00.000
- Submitted
- 22JAN24:15:19:00
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.