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OSHA Injury Report: WVGBC Cooperage

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at WVGBC Cooperage in Caldwell, WV 24925 resulted in days away from work. Employee was barrel Tech in barrels, wood, coopered, manufacturing.

Establishment
WVGBC Cooperage
Parent company
West Virginia Great Barrel Company
Street
546 Mountain Home Drive
City
Caldwell
State
WV
ZIP
24925
On-site location
Manual Windless
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1
Days restricted or transferred
10

Using a manual windless to place a truss hoop on top side of a barrel

Truss hoop was not properly fitted before releasing the cable causing hoop to spring off and hit his left thumb.

Laceration to left thumb

Truss hoop

Laceration to left thumb

Job description
Barrel Tech
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
321920 — Barrels, wood, coopered, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
120
Total hours worked
240537
EIN
821697898
Establishment ID
1114541
Employer case #
6
Date of incident
Shift started
15:30:00.000
Time of incident
21:22:00.000
Submitted
14FEB24:20:41:00

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.