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OSHA Injury Report: Hussey Copper Bar Plant

Respiratory condition · Other recordable case

On , a respiratory condition at Hussey Copper Bar Plant in Eminence, KY 40019 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was supervisor in bar, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants.

Establishment
Hussey Copper Bar Plant
Parent company
Libertas Copper, LLC
Street
1178 Mulberry Pike
City
Eminence
State
KY
ZIP
40019
On-site location
Waste Water Treatment
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Respiratory condition (code 3)

Checking alarm at [REDACTED].

While checking an alarm in [REDACTED] he inhaled sulfuric acid fumes.

Respiratory tract irritation.

Sulfuric acid fumes.

While checking an alarm in [REDACTED] he inhaled sulfuric acid fumes causing him to have shortness of breath and to cough.

Job description
Supervisor
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
331420 — Bar, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
165
Total hours worked
339891
EIN
853712181
Establishment ID
1165628
Employer case #
23-23
Date of incident
Shift started
17:00:00.000
Time of incident
2:00:00.000
Submitted
27FEB24:23:03:00

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.