Lexington, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Kaufman Trailers, LLC
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Kaufman Trailers, LLC in 702 North Silver St, Lexington, NC 27292 resulted in days away from work. Employee was weld Foreman in automobile transporter trailers, single car, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kaufman Trailers, LLC
- Parent company
- Kaufman Trailers, LLC
- Street
- 702 North Silver St
- City
- Lexington
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 27292
- On-site location
- Outside Weld Aisle 3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 242
Before the incident
[REDACTED] was standing outside the building at the entrance to [REDACTED] on the South end of the main shop observing and giving instructions to [REDACTED] who was driving a forklift.
What happened
[REDACTED] was driving a forklift into the building with two 30 ' long I-beams chained onto the forks. [REDACTED] observed that the chain was too close to the end of the forks and was attempting to warn [REDACTED].
Injury or illness
When [REDACTED] drover the metal transition piece at the bay door the beams slid off the end of the forks and landed on [REDACTED] right leg crushing it and pinning him to the ground.
Object or substance involved
30 ' long steel 12 I-beam (approximately 500 lbs)
Summary line
Broken right leg and foot from steel i-beam
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Weld Foreman
- SOC code
- 51-1011: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- NAICS code
- 336214: Automobile transporter trailers, single car, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 124
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 228,885
- EIN
- 882743153
- Establishment ID
- 1090595
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:32
- Time of incident
- 16:45
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-29
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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