Frankfort, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Buffalo Trace Distillery
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Buffalo Trace Distillery in 113 Great Buffalo Trace, Frankfort, KY 40601 resulted in days away from work. Employee was aging Warehouse Tech in distilleries.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Buffalo Trace Distillery
- Parent company
- Buffalo Trace Distillery
- Street
- 113 Great Buffalo Trace
- City
- Frankfort
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40601
- On-site location
- Regauge belt conveyor next to turn 2.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 55
Before the incident
The team members was attempting to resolve an issue with a barrel that had become dislodged and rotated causing a blockage in the system.
What happened
As he attempted to reposition the barrel and realign it the barrel inadvertently engaged with the conveyor belt this caught his finger between the chain and the barrel hoops.
Injury or illness
fractured left index finger.
Object or substance involved
Whiskey barrel and chain
Summary line
One of our warehouse team members was attempting to resolve an issue with a barrel that had become dislodged and rotated causing a blockage in the system. As he attempted to reposition the barrel and realign it the barrel inadvertently engaged with the
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Aging Warehouse Tech
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 312140: Distilleries
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 852
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,558,794
- EIN
- 611225935
- Establishment ID
- 654946
- Employer case #
- 25-1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 15:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-30
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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