Youngsville, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: K-Flex USA, L.L.C.
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at K-Flex USA, L.L.C. in Youngsville, NC 27596 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was engineer in rubber tubing manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- K-Flex USA, L.L.C.
- Street
- 100 K-Flex Way
- City
- Youngsville
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 27596
- On-site location
- PE Maintenance Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
[REDACTED] was working on moving the line 2 extrusion head to a cart for reassembly. Head was suspended on the end of a forklift fork about 5 1 2 feet above the ground. [REDACTED] was operating the forklift and [REDACTED] was assisting from the opposite side of the [REDACTED] keeping hoses from getting tangled.
What happened
[REDACTED] was trying to place a block between the extruder head and the cart and while moving around to position the block hit his head on the forklift fork. (One fork suspended the head the other fork was not holding anything)
Injury or illness
Laceration to the left side of the top of his head
Object or substance involved
Forklift Fork
Summary line
Laceration to left side of the top of head
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Engineer
- SOC code
- 17-2041 — Chemical Engineers
- NAICS code
- 326299 — Rubber tubing manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 270
- Total hours worked
- 617700
- Establishment ID
- 1085659
- Employer case #
- 10
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 9:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 25JAN24:20:15:00
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.