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OSHA Injury Report: Perfetti Van Melle USA - Rockford

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Perfetti Van Melle USA - Rockford in 5500 Forest Hills Rd, Loves Park, IL 61111 resulted in job transfer or restriction. 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
Up & Up 1 Loesch's

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
125

Before the incident

Clearing a jam on the upper drive belt.

What happened

injured employee was clearing a jam in the breaker wheel area on the loesch machine. The upper drive belt fell and hit her finger causing a laceration.

Injury or illness

Broken Left Ring Finger

Object or substance involved

Upper drive belt assembly Breaker wheel

Summary line

Broken Left Ring Finger: Upper drive assembly fell on [REDACTED] 's hand as she was clearing jam

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 #
8

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:30
Time of incident
12:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
09JAN26:12:34:00

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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.