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OSHA Injury Report: Carlex Auburn Glass Plant

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Carlex Auburn Glass Plant in Auburn, IN 46706 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance in glass, automotive, made from purchased glass.

Establishment
Carlex Auburn Glass Plant
Parent company
Carlex Glass America LLC
Street
1900 S. Center St
City
Auburn
State
IN
ZIP
46706
On-site location
Tempering 497 Pre-furnace
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

[REDACTED] was removing a guarding (spring steel).

The guarding being worked on was broke in half caught in equipment and the spring pressure was suddenly released that was caught.

Laceration to the left-hand pinky finger.

Spring Steel Guarding

Laceration Left Pinky Finger Spring Steel guard over ball screw of grinder

Job description
Maintenance
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
327215 — Glass, automotive, made from purchased glass
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
289
Total hours worked
603285
Establishment ID
77830
Employer case #
WC-001
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:20:00.000
Submitted
26JAN24:16:21:00

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.