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OSHA Injury Report: Ferrero USA Inc

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Ferrero USA Inc in 24 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab Operator in chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Ferrero USA Inc
Street
24 E Washington St
City
Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
60602
On-site location
Cookies Lab - 9th Floor 24 E Washington

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

The employee was in the Cookies Lab working on reducing the size of a piece of cocoa butter into smaller pieces

What happened

This individual using a pastry knife to cut pieces of cocoa butter. The pastry knife redirected off of the cocoa butter when applying pressure to cut and caused a laceration on the individual 's right ring finger.

Injury or illness

Laceration on right ring finger from cutting cocoa butter with a pastry knife.

Object or substance involved

Pastry knife

Summary line

Laceration on right ring finger from cutting cocoa butter with a pastry knife

Employee and industry

Job description
Lab Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311351 — Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
144
Total hours worked
285408
Establishment ID
1172471
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
9:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
26FEB24:21:04:00

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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.