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OSHA Injury Report: Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant in 501 Paden Road, Gadsden, AL 35903 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was chiller Rehanger in chickens, slaughtering and dressing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant
Parent company
Koch Foods
Street
501 Paden Road
City
Gadsden
State
AL
ZIP
35903
On-site location
2nd Processing

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
11

Before the incident

Cutting rework chicken

What happened

Employee was not wearing cut protection and made contact with hand saw blade

Injury or illness

Left index finger partial amputation fingertip

Object or substance involved

Saw blade

Summary line

Unguarded left index finger made contact with blade on hand saw

Employee and industry

Job description
Chiller Rehanger
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311615 — Chickens, slaughtering and dressing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1350
Total hours worked
2336708
Establishment ID
922576
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
22:30:00.000
Time of incident
2:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
07FEB24:23:36:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.