Instead of completely changing career fields, what about something like a degree in Mechanical Engineering? Your 10 years of work experience would immediately give you a bump over other new graduates, and you could use your current job as your co-op (if the program requires it).

An ME degree doesn't mean you'll be designing car parts in Solidworks for a living... A typical entry level ME grad job is "Quality Engineer", meaning inspecting product, monitoring production, working on process improvement, etc. I don't know where you live, but entry level in Idaho is easily $50-60k a year (based on a quick Indeed search). That's the going rate in Southern Ohio too, and there are always openings. But you have a decade of experience in manufacturing, too. Not exactly "entry level".

Maybe your work scheduling wouldn't work out with school, or maybe there isn't an accredited school nearby. Just throwing out ideas here.

(This is random, but I finished my ME degree at 36 a couple years ago, and am going back to school for a Master's in Accountancy in the fall... But for very specific reasons. A direct transition from factory production line to accounting office sounds more difficult, and you'd probably take a pay cut in the short term, and at worst, find out accounting just isn't your thing. My mom is a CPA, and trust me, it's not for everyone. Don't just look at the salary, find out what you're getting into first. You may prefer making sugar to preparing tax returns, lol.)