Hickory, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Century Chair Plant 3
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Century Chair Plant 3 in Hickory, NC 28601 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in upholstered furniture, household-type, on frames of any material, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Century Chair Plant 3
- Parent company
- Century Furniture
- Street
- 126 33rd Street NW
- City
- Hickory
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28601
- On-site location
- Plywood Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 3
Before the incident
Using a saw.
What happened
Employee was using the saw; the wood dust flew under his safety glasses and flew into his right eye.
Injury or illness
Right eye corneal abrasion
Object or substance involved
Wood dust
Summary line
Right eye corneal abrasion from wood dust.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 337121 — Upholstered furniture, household-type, on frames of any material, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 259
- Total hours worked
- 472589
- Establishment ID
- 1254267
- Employer case #
- 124
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:45
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 07JAN2025:18:22:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.