Hopkinsville, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Superior graphite
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Superior graphite in Hopkinsville, KY 42240 resulted in days away from work. Employee was quality Technician in fibers, carbon and graphite, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Superior graphite
- Parent company
- Superior Graphite
- Street
- 4021 Calvin Dr.
- City
- Hopkinsville
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 42240
- On-site location
- Carbon Black Dust Collector
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
The employee was visually verifying dust from the dust collector was moving through the rotary valve.
What happened
A slit is created in the bag when it is hung on the dust collector to allow for visually verifying dust fall. When the employee lifted the slit in the bag to view the internals he inadvertently made contact with the rotary valve.
Injury or illness
Finger Amputation
Object or substance involved
Rotary Valve
Summary line
Finger Amputation
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Quality Technician
- SOC code
- 51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- NAICS code
- 335991 — Fibers, carbon and graphite, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 75
- Total hours worked
- 176245
- EIN
- 361842430
- Establishment ID
- 858718
- Employer case #
- 9712876
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 0:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 31JAN24:16:48:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.