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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 assembler in ceramic fiber manufacturing.

Establishment
Corhart Refractories
Parent company
Saint-Gobain
Street
87 Cohart Road
City
Buckhannon
State
WV
ZIP
26201
On-site location
Assembly
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
43
Days restricted or transferred
39

Climbing on a step ladder to reach 1500 lbs tongs attached to overhead [REDACTED].

Worker was removing tongs from block and pushing on the side on the tong. Back tong button would not release so worker was trying to open the tongs up from both sides of the tongs. Lifting up and out on entire weight on the tongs and as he did this he felt a sudden pain and burning sensation in stomach area (bellow belly button).

Hernia

Lifting up on tongs which weigh aprx. 97lbs.

[REDACTED] below [REDACTED] from lifting up on tongs

Job description
Assembler
SOC code
51-2099 — Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
NAICS code
327999 — Ceramic fiber manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
138
Total hours worked
297412
Establishment ID
143920
Employer case #
23-Feb
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Submitted
08FEB24:20:57:00

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.