Frankfort, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Buffalo Trace Distillery
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Buffalo Trace Distillery in 113 Great Buffalo Trace, Frankfort, KY 40601 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance tech in distilleries.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Buffalo Trace Distillery
- Parent company
- Buffalo Trace Distillery
- Street
- 113 Great Buffalo Trace
- City
- Frankfort
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40601
- On-site location
- Dryhouse A gearbox
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
Before the incident
Employee was working on a gearbox in the dry house and felt a slight pain in his lower back but didn 't think it was serious. The following [REDACTED] [REDACTED] employee was working on a conveyor in the branding shed and felt another pain in his lower back. He still didn 't feel it was severe enough to report. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] employee notified manager from home that the pain in his lower back was severe he had numbness in his left leg and was unable to walk without assistance.
What happened
He still didn 't feel it was severe enough to report. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] employee notified manager from home that the pain in his lower back was severe he had numbness in his left leg and was unable to walk without assistance.
Injury or illness
Overexertion strain of the lower back
Object or substance involved
Gearbox
Summary line
Using a cowbar on a gearbox and felt a pop in his back. On [REDACTED] he reinjuried his back and went home due to back pain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance tech
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 312140: Distilleries
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 720
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,436,037
- EIN
- 611225935
- Establishment ID
- 654946
- Employer case #
- 23-7
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 12:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-24
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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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