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OSHA Injury Report: Wilkesboro Fresh Plant

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Wilkesboro Fresh Plant in 704 Factory St, Wilkesboro, NC 28697 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was refrigeration Maint RF in poultry Processing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Wilkesboro Fresh Plant
Parent company
TYSON FARMS, INC.
Street
704 Factory St
City
Wilkesboro
State
NC
ZIP
28697
On-site location
Compresor Room number sign 2period Moving Barrels

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
27

Before the incident

Moving barrels of [REDACTED]

What happened

Reports his thumb got crushedforward slashcut between two 55 gallon Glycol barrelsperiod

Injury or illness

Right Thumb Painforward slashlaceration 11forward slash21forward slash23 1period Non displaced fracture dorsal base distal phalanx right thumb 2period Soft tissue swelling

Object or substance involved

Cutforward slashcrushed Between Barrels

Summary line

Right Thumb Painforward slashlaceration

Employee and industry

Job description
Refrigeration Maint RF
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311615 — Poultry Processing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1896
Total hours worked
3881599
EIN
560754148
Establishment ID
402031
Employer case #
FT01-2023-

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
4:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
20FEB24:14:12:00

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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.