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Chester, SC —

OSHA Injury Report: Chester

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Chester in 902 Old Richburg Road, Chester, SC 29706 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was production in fiberglass insulation products manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Chester
Parent company
GAF
Street
902 Old Richburg Road
City
Chester
State
SC
ZIP
29706
On-site location
Tank containment area.

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Cleaning the tank containment area.

What happened

EE was cleaning up the SaveAll tank containment area to prevent fiberglass build up which blocks water flow EE used the white water hose to spray residual fiberglass down to the sump pump. While doing this a clump of fiberglass formed preventing the cleaning to be complete EE entered containment area and crawled under the Save All tank discharge tee suction pump piping EE saw they were not going to hit the slide gate valve but did not see the C-clamp and struck the handle pointing down The C-clamp valve handle caused a head laceration through the EEs baseball cap

Injury or illness

Laceration to the head.

Object or substance involved

C-clamp handle

Summary line

Stitches to head from bumping in handle of C-clamp.

Employee and industry

Job description
Production
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
327993 — Fiberglass insulation products manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
98
Total hours worked
173476
EIN
223626208
Establishment ID
381598
Employer case #
9

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:14:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
11JAN24:13:49:00

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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.