Ligonier, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Ligonier Glass Plant
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Ligonier Glass Plant in Ligonier, IN 46767 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was forklift Operator in glass, automotive, made from purchased glass.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ligonier Glass Plant
- Parent company
- Carlex Glass America, LLC
- Street
- 860 W US 6
- City
- Ligonier
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46767
- On-site location
- North Pad
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 5
Before the incident
Removing support bars from G-Racks
What happened
When employee stepped back their foot slipped off of a rack causing them to lose balance. They then grabbed the racks on the forklift to stabilize themselves which caused the rack to become unstable and fell off the forklift landing on their right leg.
Injury or illness
Sprain & Strain
Object or substance involved
Racks
Summary line
Team Member was taking orange bars off of [REDACTED] while doing this they tripped and grabbed the [REDACTED] which caused them to fall off the forks and fall onto their leg.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Forklift Operator
- SOC code
- 53-7051 — Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- NAICS code
- 327215 — Glass, automotive, made from purchased glass
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 448
- Total hours worked
- 865188
- EIN
- 273800872
- Establishment ID
- 817483
- Employer case #
- 2401
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 13:10
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 16JAN2025:18:45:00
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.