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OSHA Injury Report: Buffalo Trace Distillery

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Buffalo Trace Distillery in 113 Great Buffalo Trace, Frankfort, KY 40601 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was distillery Process Tech 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
Fermentation B ground level

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

[REDACTED] was using a chemical sprayer with a diluted caustic soda to clean spilled mash on the floor by fermenters 23 and 24

What happened

[REDACTED] was wearing safety glasses however a errant drop navigated around the PPE and got [REDACTED] in the right eye

Injury or illness

Chemical in both eyes

Object or substance involved

Caustic

Summary line

Was using a pressure sprayer to apply caustic to clean the ground a spray ricocheted of the ground and under his safety glasses

Employee and industry

Job description
Distillery Process Tech
SOC code
51-9012 — Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Mac
NAICS code
312140 — Distilleries
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
852
Total hours worked
1558794
EIN
611225935
Establishment ID
654946
Employer case #
25-8

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
18:00
Time of incident
22:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
30JAN26:19:14:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.