Morganton, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: VEKA East
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at VEKA East in 90 Ceramic Tile Drive, Morganton, NC 28655 resulted in days away from work. Employee was production Support in profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- VEKA East
- Street
- 90 Ceramic Tile Drive
- City
- Morganton
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28655
- On-site location
- BANDING & SEALING AREA
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
EE was working in her assigned area of banding and sealing. At the time of incident EE was simply walking through.
What happened
Another employee threw a sheet of cardboard into the air. When it came down it struck EE in her left eye nose.
Injury or illness
Laceration Bruise Contusion to Lt. eye and nose area
Object or substance involved
Cardboard sheeting (used in the bottom of carts)
Summary line
EE was walking through the banding & sealing area when she was struck in the eye nose by a sheet of cardboard that had been tossed by another EE that was making new carts for production. Resulted in 2 corneal tears to Lt. eye.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production Support
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326121: Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 109
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 229,955
- Establishment ID
- 915310
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 20:45
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-24
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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