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OSHA Injury Report: Corhart Refractories

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Corhart Refractories in Buckhannon, WV 26201 resulted in days away from work. Employee was crusher Operator in ceramic fiber manufacturing.

Establishment
Corhart Refractories
Parent company
Saint-Gobain
Street
87 Cohart Road
City
Buckhannon
State
WV
ZIP
26201
On-site location
Chrome Crusher
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3
Days restricted or transferred
93

Using 20lb sledgehammer to bust up grog billet pieces.

As the worker was using the 20lb sledge hammer to bust up the ceramic billets he felt pain in his right shoulder.

Strain Right Shoulder

20lb Sledgehammer

Strain Right shoulder using 20lb sledgehammer

Job description
Crusher Operator
SOC code
51-9021 — Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
NAICS code
327999 — Ceramic fiber manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
138
Total hours worked
297412
Establishment ID
143920
Employer case #
23-Jan
Date of incident
Shift started
22:00:00.000
Time of incident
1:30:00.000
Submitted
08FEB24:20:52:00

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.