Buckhannon, WV ·
OSHA Injury Report: Corhart Refractories
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Corhart Refractories in 87 Cohart Road, Buckhannon, WV 26201 resulted in days away from work. Employee was IPT Operator in ceramic fiber manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Corhart Refractories
- Parent company
- Saint-Gobain
- Street
- 87 Cohart Road
- City
- Buckhannon
- State
- WV
- ZIP
- 26201
- On-site location
- Butler Press
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
Bending down to pick up plate
What happened
There was a pallet with the plate to the butler press on it sitting in front of the anti-fatigue mat at the [REDACTED] Press. As the operator picked up the plate to put on the press his foot got caught on the edge of the pallet and he tripped injuring his right knee.
Injury or illness
Pain Swelling right knee
Object or substance involved
tripping on wooden skid and right knee landing on top of wooden skid
Summary line
Strain Right Knee - tripped on skid and fell
Employee and industry
- Job description
- IPT Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 327999: Ceramic fiber manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 148
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 313,958
- Establishment ID
- 143920
- Employer case #
- 46077
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 08:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-06
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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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