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OSHA Injury Report: Usher Transport, Inc

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Usher Transport, Inc in 3801 Shanks Lane, Lou, KY 40216 resulted in days away from work. Employee was transloader in motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL).

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Usher Transport, Inc
Parent company
Usher Transport, Inc
Street
3801 Shanks Lane
City
Lou
State
KY
ZIP
40216
On-site location
Transloading facility

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
6

Before the incident

Transloading product to a trailer from railcar

What happened

Employee received a chemical burn after an equipment failure of a bleeder valve on the trailer he was loading. The bleeder valve failure allowed the chemical product to spray making contact with the lower half of his abdomen.

Injury or illness

Chemical Burn

Object or substance involved

360 Solvent

Summary line

The employee received a chemical burn after an equipment failure on a bleeder valve on the trailer he was loading. The bleeder valve failure allowed the chemical product to spray making contact with the lower half of the employee 's stomach.

Employee and industry

Job description
Transloader
SOC code
53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
NAICS code
484121 — Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
151
Total hours worked
822757
Establishment ID
400622
Employer case #
4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:59:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
10JAN24:05:55:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.