Shelbyville, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Nifco America Corporation KY
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Nifco America Corporation KY in 380 Hudson Boulevard, Shelbyville, KY 400657830 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was process Technician in motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Nifco America Corporation KY
- Parent company
- Nifco America Corp.
- Street
- 380 Hudson Boulevard
- City
- Shelbyville
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 400657830
- On-site location
- Unit 42
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
purging out the barrel on [REDACTED]
What happened
Someone threw an aerosol can in the purge bucket at some point. When he threw the hot purge in the purge bucket it caused the can to explode hitting him in the chin
Injury or illness
Laceration on Chin. Cuts and scrapes on arm.
Object or substance involved
Aerosol can
Summary line
Employee was purging a press and threw the purge material into the bucket without realizing there was an aerosol can in the bucket. The heat made the can blow up and it came back and hit the employee in the chin.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Process Technician
- SOC code
- 17-3027: Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- NAICS code
- 326199: Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 385
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 625,557
- EIN
- 311464402
- Establishment ID
- 346672
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 19:10
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-17
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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