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OSHA Injury Report: Hickory Metal Plant

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Hickory Metal Plant in Hickory, NC 28602 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was team Member III in showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing.

Establishment
Hickory Metal Plant
Parent company
Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company
Street
140 McDonald SE
City
Hickory
State
NC
ZIP
28602
On-site location
Files office
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
12

moving boxes

Box handle broke and jerked employee

Back strain from lifting heavy box of papers

box of documents

Employee suffered back injury during lifting a 34.5 pound box with documents that was 16x12.5x10.5 with lifting handles on both side of container. Employee stated that the injury occur when one of the lifting handles tore off during the lift causing he

Job description
Team Member III
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
337215 — Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
176
Total hours worked
380206
EIN
560494395
Establishment ID
178311
Employer case #
INC12538
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:30:00.000
Submitted
29FEB24:21:40:00

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.