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OSHA Injury Report: Dart Container Horse Cave

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Dart Container Horse Cave in 975 S. Dixie Street, Horse Cave, KY 42749 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Dart Container Horse Cave
Parent company
Dart Container
Street
975 S. Dixie Street
City
Horse Cave
State
KY
ZIP
42749
On-site location
Building 1 LIDS line 17 polish polls

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3

Before the incident

Performing routine cleaning of polish rolls.

What happened

Employee was performing routine cleaning of polish rolls only three safety blocks were being utilized one on the right corner between top and middle rolls and two on each corner of the bottom and middle rolls. Operator started walking from right to left between die head and polish rolls tripping over the chain causing him to fall forward and his right arm to go between the left side of the top and middle polish rolls. At this time the top left polish roll turn buckle bolt broke free causing the polish roll to fall on employee 's right elbow.

Injury or illness

Right elbow fracture

Object or substance involved

Chrome polish roll

Summary line

Right elbow fracture roll fell onto arm

Employee and industry

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
326140 — Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1250
Total hours worked
2249133
EIN
382436383
Establishment ID
105805
Employer case #
2023-00027

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:15:00.000
Submitted
22FEB24:18:18:00

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Source

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