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OSHA Injury Report: Nestle USA, Inc.

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Nestle USA, Inc. in 2132 Old Georgia Hwy, Gaffney, SC 29340 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was checkweigh Operator in frozen food entrees (except seafood based), packaged, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Nestle USA, Inc.
Parent company
Nestle USA, Inc
Street
2132 Old Georgia Hwy
City
Gaffney
State
SC
ZIP
29340
On-site location
Production floor Line 10 checkweigh

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

removing packaged from a reject belt

What happened

While removing packages from the reject belt the employee jammed their thumb into a raised railing (there to prevent packages from falling off belt). This resulted in a fractured thumb.

Injury or illness

Broken thumb

Object or substance involved

Railing

Summary line

Broken left thumb resulting from hitting it against railing

Employee and industry

Job description
Checkweigh Operator
SOC code
51-3099 — Food Processing Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311412 — Frozen food entrees (except seafood based), packaged, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1027
Total hours worked
1923729
EIN
230671120
Establishment ID
418844
Employer case #
3453231138

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
13:30:00.000
Time of incident
18:45:00.000
Submitted
09JAN24:16:34:00

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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.