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OSHA Injury Report: HarbisonWalker International South Shore Plant 1180

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at HarbisonWalker International South Shore Plant 1180 in South Shore, KY 41175 resulted in days away from work. Employee was impact Press Operator in clay refractories (e.g., mortar, brick, tile, block) manufacturing.

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
Impact Pressing Department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1

Employee had just finished making a refractory brick and was turning around back towards the press to retrieve a tool.

As he was reaching in he smack his thumb on the corner of a stationary part of the press.

swelling and contusion to right thumb.

The top cross head.

Swelling and contusion on right thumb after accidentally hitting a stationary part of the press with his thumb.

Job description
Impact Press 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
Avg employees
120
Total hours worked
262817
EIN
431680037
Establishment ID
141490
Employer case #
23-06
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:03:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:19:46:00

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.