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OSHA Injury Report: Poseidon Barge - Berne

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Poseidon Barge - Berne in Berne, IN 46711 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was paint Blast Operator in fabricated structural metal manufacturing.

Establishment
Poseidon Barge - Berne
Parent company
Poseidon, LLC d/b/a Poseidon Barge
Street
725 E. Parr Road
City
Berne
State
IN
ZIP
46711
On-site location
Blast booth
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was changing out the deadman switch on blast hose.

As he loosened the nut to the connection port the wires broke causing them to touch and engage the blast hose causing it to swipe his back. Operator stated that the door was ajar which should not have allowed the electrical circuit to complete its function but the door sensor failed.

abrasion on his back

blast media

Steel grit abrasion

Job description
Paint Blast Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
332312 — Fabricated structural metal manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
109
Total hours worked
224706
EIN
351700866
Establishment ID
68846
Employer case #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:42:00.000
Submitted
12JAN24:19:45:00

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.