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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
Gateway-Bulk Bags

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Dumping Bags of soribitol into supersack

What happened

The injured employee cut their right thigh with an approved box cutter while opening 55lb bags of sorbitol in gateway where operators were standing bags on the floor and leaning over to cut them open before dumping contents into a supersack for an upcoming trial.

Injury or illness

Laceration to left thigh

Object or substance involved

Box Cutter

Summary line

Laceration to Left thigh: EE was cutting open bags of material. Followed through with box cutter and cut her left thigh

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 #
9

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:30
Time of incident
3:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
09JAN26:12:36:00

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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.