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OSHA Injury Report: New Indy Catawba

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at New Indy Catawba in South Carolina, SC 29704 resulted in days away from work. Employee was assistant Power Operator in paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, container board, corrugating medium, folding carton stock, linerboard, tube) manufacturing.

Establishment
New Indy Catawba
Parent company
New Indy Containerboard
Street
5300 Cureton Ferry Rd
City
South Carolina
State
SC
ZIP
29704
On-site location
Operating floor on east side of recovery boiler 2
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
58

Heading towards stairs to go down and rod out recovery boiler 2.

Employee was en route to rod out 2 recovery boiler. The employee passed the east liquor gun to head down the stairs. While going down the stairs the hose on the liquor gun blew off and sprayed 68 liquor on the employee. At the time of the incident the employee was wearing a rod out jacket face shield and gloves. The employee was burned on the right arm above the elbow and potentially on the left arm and leg. The employee then went to the safety shower and was sent to medical. An ambulance took the employee to Piedmont Medical Center

Burn of Multiple Lower ExtremitiesMultiple Upper ExtremitiesShoulderUpper Arm Both Side

Chemicals and Chemical Products - Chemicals and chemical products n.e.c.

Burn of Multiple Lower ExtremitiesMultiple Upper ExtremitiesShoulderUpper Arm Both Side - Directly harmed by: Chemicals and Chemical Products - Chemicals and chemical products n.e.c.

Job description
Assistant Power Operator
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
322130 — Paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, container board, corrugating medium, folding carton stock, linerboard, tube) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
409
Total hours worked
1025547
EIN
371694793
Establishment ID
1211219
Employer case #
FY23-00361
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
2:00:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:22:45:00

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.