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OSHA Injury Report: Corhart Refractories

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Corhart Refractories in Buckhannon, WV 26201 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was batch build Operator in ceramic fiber manufacturing.

Establishment
Corhart Refractories
Parent company
Saint-Gobain
Street
87 Cohart Road
City
Buckhannon
State
WV
ZIP
26201
On-site location
C1221 batch build
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
150

Scooping up material in bag with bucket

Operator was building [REDACTED] batches at 1000 lbs. a batch the majority of the batches need to be hand shoveled and they typically make about 6 to 8 batches per shift. Operator was using a bucket and thinks it 's more efficient than using a shovel. The bucket holds about 20 lbs. of material which isn’t an extreme amount and he can holder it closer to the body which causes less strain. The issue with last night is that his right hand slipped off of the bucket while dumping the material into the bag which caused the strain on his left forearm

Strain Left Forearm

Bucket with 20lb of material in it

Strain Left forearm bucket with 20lb of material in it slipped out of right hand causing strain on left forearm

Job description
Batch build Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
327999 — Ceramic fiber manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
148
Total hours worked
313958
Establishment ID
143920
Employer case #
46136
Date of incident
Shift started
21:30
Time of incident
2:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
06FEB2025:18:56:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.