Frankfort, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Buffalo Trace Distillery
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Buffalo Trace Distillery in 113 Great Buffalo Trace, Frankfort, KY 40601 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance 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
- Dryhouse A by conveyor #1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 22
- Days restricted or transferred
- 106
Before the incident
Team member and crew were attempting to address clogged conveyors in dry house A. Upon removing the clamps on conveyor #1 trough door team member realized that the conveyor was full of syrup and not wet cake.
What happened
Team member held the trough door closed while another employee came up to assist with reinstalling the clamps. The employee didn 't feel any pain at the time of the incident or after during the remainder of his shift. On [REDACTED] employee felt tightness in his left chest between his shoulder blades and in his left arm which prompted him to report to the hospital. After testing it was determined that the employee had strained several muscles likely from holding the trough door up while another employee secured it. Employee returned to work on [REDACTED]
Injury or illness
Strains Sprains (Upper back)
Object or substance involved
Trough Door filled with grain
Summary line
The employee was trying to unclog a conveyor and when release the trap it was still full of grain. The TM held the door closed while it was reinstalled. Torn labrum
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 312140: Distilleries
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 830
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 1,574,909
- EIN
- 611225935
- Establishment ID
- 654946
- Employer case #
- 24-9
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- 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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