Buckhannon, WV —
OSHA Injury Report: Corhart Refractories
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Corhart Refractories in Buckhannon, WV 26201 resulted in days away from work. Employee was iPT Operator in ceramic fiber manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Corhart Refractories
- Parent company
- Saint-Gobain
- Street
- 87 Cohart Road
- City
- Buckhannon
- State
- WV
- ZIP
- 26201
- On-site location
- Mud Hog platform
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
- Days restricted or transferred
- 64
Before the incident
Stepping down a step from a platform
What happened
Operator was mixing batch. He had just emptied a bulk bag into the machine and had removed the bag from the lifting accessory. He was dragging the empty bag behind him and stepping down a step from the machine platform. When he stepped down the last step his left ankle gave out and he fell to the pallet that was stationed to the side of the stairs.
Injury or illness
Pain twisted left ankle
Object or substance involved
concrete floor
Summary line
Pain Left Ankle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- IPT Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 327999 — Ceramic fiber manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 148
- Total hours worked
- 258393
- Establishment ID
- 143920
- Employer case #
- 46078
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:00
- Time of incident
- 0:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 06FEB26:18:00:00
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.