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 300 PGW Drive, Elkin, NC 28621 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was inspector 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 inspection
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Transporting and placing raw glass sample on ECF test fixture
What happened
QA Inspector was moving raw glass when cooling glass being carried burst unexpectedly. This resulted in a glass shard penetrating the employees cut resistant garment resulting in a puncture wound to their right forearm.
Injury or illness
Puncture laceration
Object or substance involved
glass
Summary line
Right forearm laceration contact with broken glass
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Inspector
- SOC code
- 51-9061: Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- NAICS code
- 327215: Glass, automotive, made from purchased glass
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 300
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 589,848
- Establishment ID
- 941427
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 20:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-28
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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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