EAST PALESTINE, OHIO·2023-03-27

Refractory Resources International LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Cuts, lacerations

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Refractory Resources International LLC, 870 West Main Street, EAST PALESTINE, OHIO 44413 on 2023-03-27, Cuts, lacerations, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.

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Final narrative

An employee dropped his utility knife into a mixer machine. As the employee went to retrieve the knife, his right arm was struck by the mixer blade, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.

Hospitalized Arm(s), unspecified Machinery, unspecified

Mining operation

This is a mining-sector employer (NAICS 212325). For MSHA mine-safety and violation records for this operator, see miningincidents.org →

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