Mount Sterling, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: GREIF
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at GREIF in 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
- Avg employees
- 55
- Total hours worked
- 89056
- Establishment ID
- 1136636
- Employer case #
- 233487
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 0:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 3:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 19FEB24:15:35:00
Source
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.