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OSHA Injury Report: Carlex Vonore Glass Plant

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Carlex Vonore Glass Plant in Vonore, TN 37885 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production Associate in glass, automotive, made from purchased glass.

Establishment
Carlex Vonore Glass Plant
Parent company
Carlex Glass America LLC
Street
77 Excellence Way
City
Vonore
State
TN
ZIP
37885
On-site location
LSG Finishing
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
45

The Team Member was performing normal tasks such as moving windshields from one area to another by hand.

Team Member was moving [REDACTED] windshield from the assembly machine to put it on the turntable. When she turned while holding the glass she felt a sharp stabbing pain where the muscles contracted in her lower right side of her back.

Lower right side of the back.

The Team Member did not turn properly while carrying the load causing strain on her back.

Lumbar Strain

Job description
Production Associate
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
327215 — Glass, automotive, made from purchased glass
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
315
Total hours worked
568296
EIN
273800872
Establishment ID
743831
Employer case #
20241116-K
Date of incident
Shift started
18:30
Time of incident
22:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
21JAN2025:18:17:00

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.