Hopkinsville, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Superior graphite
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Superior graphite in 4021 Calvin Dr., Hopkinsville, KY 42240 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was equipment Operator 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
- Furnace 16-04 Third Floor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was rodding the Electrode on furnace 16-004. This was the employees first time completing this task. He was being training by the onsite supervisor.
What happened
After attempting to rod the electrode 3 times the supervisor decided to lance the electrode hole. When the employee placed the lance hot air and debris expelled from the feed port burning the employees wrist and causing him to trip and fall. During this process the employee was not wearing PPE required by the procedure.
Injury or illness
Superficial and Partial Thickness burns on the employees ' wrists bilaterally.
Object or substance involved
Hot air hot material
Summary line
Superficial and Partial Thickness burns on the employees ' wrists bilaterally.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Equipment Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 335991: Fibers, carbon and graphite, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 75
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 176,245
- EIN
- 361842430
- Establishment ID
- 858718
- Employer case #
- 9713242
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 05:35
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-31
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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