Eminence, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Hussey Copper Bar Plant
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Hussey Copper Bar Plant in Eminence, KY 40019 resulted in days away from work. Employee was utility Packer in bar, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Hussey Copper Bar Plant
- Parent company
- Libertas Copper, LLC
- Street
- 1178 Mulberry Pike
- City
- Eminence
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40019
- On-site location
- TL 4 Scrap Shear
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
- Days restricted or transferred
- 40
Before the incident
Employee was cutting scrap copper.
What happened
Employee was cutting scrap copper and as he was pushing the last of the piece of copper thru the shear it flipped up when the shear cut it and caught the employees finger between the copper and the bottom of the guard.
Injury or illness
Nail bed laceration and fracture to his finger.
Object or substance involved
Scrap copper bar.
Summary line
Nail bed laceration and fracture to his finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Utility Packer
- SOC code
- 51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- 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 #
- 23-17
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 9:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:15:26:00
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.