South Shore, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: HarbisonWalker International South Shore Plant 1180
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at HarbisonWalker International South Shore Plant 1180 in 29378 US Highway 23, 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.
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
- Impact Pressing Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Employee had just finished making a refractory brick and was turning around back towards the press to retrieve a tool.
What happened
As he was reaching in he smack his thumb on the corner of a stationary part of the press.
Injury or illness
swelling and contusion to right thumb.
Object or substance involved
The top cross head.
Summary line
Swelling and contusion on right thumb after accidentally hitting a stationary part of the press with his thumb.
Employee and industry
- 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
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 120
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 262,817
- EIN
- 431680037
- Establishment ID
- 141490
- Employer case #
- 23-06
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 15:03
- 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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