Chester, SC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Chester
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Chester in 902 Old Richburg Road, Chester, SC 29706 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was production in fiberglass insulation products manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Chester
- Parent company
- GAF
- Street
- 902 Old Richburg Road
- City
- Chester
- State
- SC
- ZIP
- 29706
- On-site location
- Tank containment area.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning the tank containment area.
What happened
EE was cleaning up the SaveAll tank containment area to prevent fiberglass build up which blocks water flow EE used the white water hose to spray residual fiberglass down to the sump pump. While doing this a clump of fiberglass formed preventing the cleaning to be complete EE entered containment area and crawled under the Save All tank discharge tee suction pump piping EE saw they were not going to hit the slide gate valve but did not see the C-clamp and struck the handle pointing down The C-clamp valve handle caused a head laceration through the EEs baseball cap
Injury or illness
Laceration to the head.
Object or substance involved
C-clamp handle
Summary line
Stitches to head from bumping in handle of C-clamp.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 327993: Fiberglass insulation products manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 98
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 173,476
- EIN
- 223626208
- Establishment ID
- 381598
- Employer case #
- 9
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 08:14
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-11
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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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