Caldwell, WV ·
OSHA Injury Report: WVGBC Cooperage
Hearing loss · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a hearing loss at WVGBC Cooperage in 546 Mountain Home Drive, Caldwell, WV 24925 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was barrel Technician in barrels, wood, coopered, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- WVGBC Cooperage
- Parent company
- West Virginia Great Barrel Company
- Street
- 546 Mountain Home Drive
- City
- Caldwell
- State
- WV
- ZIP
- 24925
- On-site location
- cooperage main floor.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Hearing loss (code 5)
Before the incident
Average work day.
What happened
The hearing test showed a threshold shift. The hearing examiner observed almost complete cerumen blockage in left canal. Saw some irritation and fluid along back quadrant of right tympanic membrane. The employee left the company before retesting appointment scheduled.
Injury or illness
Hearing loss.
Object or substance involved
Unknown
Summary line
Hearing Threshold
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Barrel Technician
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 321920: Barrels, wood, coopered, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 99
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 250,850
- EIN
- 821697898
- Establishment ID
- 1114541
- Employer case #
- 12
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-17
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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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