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OSHA Injury Report: DFA ICE CREAM - BIRMINGHAM AL

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at DFA ICE CREAM - BIRMINGHAM AL in 126 BARBER COURT, HOMEWOOD, AL 35209 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cIP Operator in iCE CREAM FROZEN DESSERT MANUFACTURING.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
DFA ICE CREAM - BIRMINGHAM AL
Parent company
DFA DAIRY BRANDS ICE CREAM LLC
Street
126 BARBER COURT
City
HOMEWOOD
State
AL
ZIP
35209
On-site location
Production Floor

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Before the incident

Manually reassembling equipment on [REDACTED] after sanitizing pushing hopper toward line to reconnect

What happened

She was pushing the hopper into alignment with her left hand on the upper body of the hopper and her right hand on a piece of stainless steel that is on the support shaft and contains a bump stop guide. Her right INDEX finger became pinched at the bump stop location and the momentum of the hopper severed the end of the finger inside her glove.

Injury or illness

Amputation right INDEX finger just below

Object or substance involved

Side of Rollo machine (stationary) and filler hopper

Summary line

Amputation right INDEX finger just below from finger being pinched between hopper and bump stop

Employee and industry

Job description
CIP Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311520 — ICE CREAM FROZEN DESSERT MANUFACTURING
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
202
Total hours worked
388282
EIN
850489668
Establishment ID
709487
Employer case #
2024-029

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
23:02
Time of incident
4:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
11MAR2025:21:08:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.