Elkin, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC in Elkin, NC 28621 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Tech GMM in glass, automotive, made from purchased glass.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC
- Parent company
- Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC
- Street
- 300 PGW Drive
- City
- Elkin
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28621
- On-site location
- Windshield Furnace Hot End
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee applied LOTO and opened the south gate to annealing cell and at the same time operator opened the north gate and proceeded to break up glass on the shuttle ring
What happened
Fragmenting glass hit the employee in the face with some falling behind their safety glasses and into their right eye.
Injury or illness
Corneal abrasion
Object or substance involved
glass fragments
Summary line
Foreign material abrasion right eye
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Tech GMM
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 327215 — Glass, automotive, made from purchased glass
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 313
- Total hours worked
- 625185
- Establishment ID
- 941427
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 5:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 29JAN24:21:42:00
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.