Frankfort, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Buffalo Trace Distillery
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, KY 40601 resulted in days away from work. Employee was production Attendant Craft in distilleries.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Buffalo Trace Distillery
- Parent company
- Buffalo Trace Distillery
- Street
- 113 Great Buffalo Trace
- City
- Frankfort
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40601
- On-site location
- Backside of Blantons Bottling hall
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 190
Before the incident
Walking back to his work station
What happened
At approximately [REDACTED] a forklift was travelling from the Distillery out of the large swing doors and toward the [REDACTED] building with a small trash hopper on his forks. As he was travelling he struck another associate with the trash hopper knocking him to the ground and pinning his legs under the hopper.
Injury or illness
Fractures Broken Bones (Face) Fractures Broken Bones (Lower back) Fractures Broken Bones (Teeth)
Object or substance involved
Forklift Tilt dumpster.
Summary line
An employee was stuck by a forklift driving forward while walking. Internal bleeding fractured spine.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production Attendant Craft
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 312140 — Distilleries
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 830
- Total hours worked
- 1574909
- EIN
- 611225935
- Establishment ID
- 654946
- Employer case #
- 24-8
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 7:51
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 17JAN2025:20:48:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.