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OSHA Injury Report: American Roofing & Metal Louisville

Skin disorder · Days away from work

On , a skin disorder at American Roofing & Metal Louisville in Louisville, KY 40218 resulted in days away from work. Employee was shop Mechanic in roof painting, spraying, or coating.

Establishment
American Roofing & Metal Louisville
Parent company
American Roofing & Metal
Street
4610 Roofing Rd.
City
Louisville
State
KY
ZIP
40218
On-site location
Warehouse
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Skin disorder (code 2)
Days away from work
30

working on unclogging the hot tar kettle

While the kettle was heating up [REDACTED] removed his PPE. While he was waiting he decided to check the kettle and did not don his PPE. He shoved a stick into the pipe pushing the clogged portion down and allowing hot tar to spew out.

2nd and 3rd degree burns on his face and left arm.

hot tar

burns on face and left arm

Job description
Shop Mechanic
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
238160 — Roof painting, spraying, or coating
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
175
Total hours worked
80099
EIN
610192077
Establishment ID
221012
Employer case #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:00:00.000
Submitted
02FEB24:18:36:00

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.