South Shore, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: HarbisonWalker International South Shore Plant 1180
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at HarbisonWalker International South Shore Plant 1180 in 29378 US Highway 23, South Shore, KY 41175 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was casting Operator in clay refractories (e.g., mortar, brick, tile, block) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- HarbisonWalker International South Shore Plant 1180
- Parent company
- HarbisonWalker International
- Street
- 29378 US Highway 23
- City
- South Shore
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 41175
- On-site location
- Casting Department at rotating machine.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee had just finished using the rotator machine to rotate a refractory product that was inside of a wood mold in order to strip the mold from the product.
What happened
After the employee finished rotating the mold the employee notice that the mold brick was sliding off of the pallet. The employee attempted to prevent it from falling by placing his shoulder onto it - the force of the heavy mold and product pushed his shoulder backwards causing his back to twist suddenly and forcefully.
Injury or illness
strain lower middle back.
Object or substance involved
Falling mold containing refractory brick.
Summary line
Lower middle back strain trying to prevent a large mold from falling by placing his shoulder on it causing his back to turn forcefully and suddenly.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Casting Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9041: Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 327120: Clay refractories (e.g., mortar, brick, tile, block) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 120
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 262,817
- EIN
- 431680037
- Establishment ID
- 141490
- Employer case #
- 23-05
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 21:00
- Time of incident
- 02:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-01
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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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