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OSHA Injury Report: WVGBC Cooperage

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at WVGBC Cooperage in 546 Mountain Home Drive, Caldwell, WV 24925 resulted in days away from work. Employee was forklift operator in barrels, wood, coopered, manufacturing.

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Establishment
WVGBC Cooperage
Parent company
West Virginia Great Barrel Company
Street
546 Mountain Home Drive
City
Caldwell
State
WV
ZIP
24925
On-site location
Laser head etcher
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
8

Sanding a barrel head with a hand [REDACTED].

Employee tried to remove the hand sander filter while the sander was running and touched the running piece in the process.

Abrasion cut to tip of finger on left hand.

Hand sander

Cleaning exposed sander and cut left index finger

Job description
Forklift operator
SOC code
53-7051: Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
NAICS code
321920: Barrels, wood, coopered, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
120
Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
240,537
EIN
821697898
Establishment ID
1114541
Employer case #
7
Date of incident
Shift started
05:00
Time of incident
11:53
Filing year
2023
Submitted to OSHA
2024-02-14

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Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.

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