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 maintenance tech 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
- Maintenance Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 32
Before the incident
Using a torch to cut the top of a steel tight head drum.
What happened
Colleague was attempting to remove the top off a tight head steel drum that had flammable liquid residuals in it after the torch meet the barrel it almost immediately ballooned up then shot flames out of a bung opening.
Injury or illness
2nd degree burns to the left side of chest and upper arm.
Object or substance involved
Torch Flammable liquid residual gasses steel drum
Summary line
Employee received 2nd degree burns to the left side of chest and upper arm.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance tech
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- 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 #
- 230363
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:40
- Time of incident
- 08:35
- 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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