OSHA Injury Report: Rockwood

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Preparing sprayer lubricant container to perform PM on cooler 2

What happened

[REDACTED] and [REDACTED] were preparing to perform PMs on the kiln and cooler which require lubricating the tires. Cooler [REDACTED] Pier 1 is not hot enough to melt the grease blocks used to lubricate the tires so a liquid lubricant is used on this tire. The liquid lubricant is sprayed though a pressurized sprayer that is pressurized with compressed air. The sprayer has a pressure relief valve that opens at 55 PSI. While pressurizing the sprayer it blew up in [REDACTED] face. The sprayer has been secured so that it cannot be used until we can try to determine the point of failure. This sprayer is purchased from the lubrication manufacturer as the sprayer they recommend for this lubricant.

Injury or illness

Fracture Laceration

Object or substance involved

Sprayer container lid

Summary line

Fracture Laceration to Face caused by Sprayer container lid

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.