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OSHA Injury Report: Perfetti Van Melle USA - Rockford

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Perfetti Van Melle USA - Rockford in 5500 Forest Hills Rd, Loves Park, IL 61111 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was generalist in chewing gum manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Perfetti Van Melle USA - Rockford
Parent company
Perfetti Van Melle USA
Street
5500 Forest Hills Rd
City
Loves Park
State
IL
ZIP
61111
On-site location
Pel Pkg - Bottling Line

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

EE was walking to equipment to clear a jam

What happened

EE stated they were walking past a contractors cart that was near the doboy on the Bottling line EE was grazed by a drill bit on their left thigh as they were passing by on a drill that was hanging on the side of the contractors cart.

Injury or illness

Laceration to Right thigh

Object or substance involved

Serated Drill bit from contractors drill

Summary line

Laceration Right Thigh: EE walked past contractors misplaced drill and cut her self on the drill bit

Employee and industry

Job description
Generalist
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
311340 — Chewing gum manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
384
Total hours worked
937102
EIN
042493964
Establishment ID
1090361
Employer case #
7

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
8:35
Filing year
2025
Submitted
09JAN26:12:32:00

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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.