Mount Sterling, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: GREIF
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at GREIF in 215 Midland Trail, Mount Sterling, KY 40353 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- GREIF
- Parent company
- GREIF
- Street
- 215 Midland Trail
- City
- Mount Sterling
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40353
- On-site location
- Machine 8
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 6
Before the incident
Removing a short shot from a machine
What happened
We were working on line eight to adjust the tops it had over filled I put it in basic position and got a barrel out and restarted it. The first barrel was okay. Second one was a short shot. I put it back in basic position to pen it up plastic fell inside machine. I put it in setup mode went to get the plastic I slipped on oil in between the blow pins and between them. When I did I put my arms out to catch myself and my left arm caught the mold and cut it. After that i came in office and contacted [REDACTED] and took right step went to hospital had to have 13 stitches.
Injury or illness
Cut to the left tricep.
Object or substance involved
Corner of a mold.
Summary line
Laceration to tricep from corner piece of a mold.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199: Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326199: Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 55
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 89,056
- Establishment ID
- 1136636
- Employer case #
- 233487
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 00:00
- Time of incident
- 03:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-19
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Source
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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