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OSHA Injury Report: Owens Corning

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Owens Corning in Newark, OH 43055 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was line Puller or Fire Watch in fiberglass insulation products manufacturing.

Establishment
Owens Corning
Parent company
Owens Corning
Street
400 Case Ave
City
Newark
State
OH
ZIP
43055
On-site location
Building 73 Warehouse
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Loading material in a trailer with a forklift

On [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was placing finished good board product into a trailer for customer delivery. As he began to enter a trailer he inadvertently bumped the side of the load against the side of the trailer misaligning the top 6-7 boards They backed out of the trailer set the load down and lifted the top boards (approx. 15 lbs.) and pushed them forward with his chest. At this time he described feeling a pop in their right shoulder. The employee did not report the incident. He sought medical care on his own and was directed to plant resources on [REDACTED].

Thoracic myofascial strain

Finished product materials (duct board insulation)

Thoracic myofascial strain from Finished product materials (duct board insulation)

Job description
Line Puller or Fire Watch
SOC code
33-9032 — Security Guards
NAICS code
327993 — Fiberglass insulation products manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
486
Total hours worked
1004380
Establishment ID
1005980
Employer case #
2023-45361
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
20:00:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:17:10:00

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.