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OSHA Injury Report: Nestle Purina Pet Care

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Nestle Purina Pet Care in 266 Industrial Park Rd., Hartwell, GA 30643 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Nestle Purina Pet Care
Parent company
Nestle Purina
Street
266 Industrial Park Rd.
City
Hartwell
State
GA
ZIP
30643
On-site location
Line 1 Packaging Conveyor

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
59

Before the incident

Preparing to clear a jam on the conveyor

What happened

Associate did not properly stop the machine before interacting with the product jam. As the associate went to clear the jam which cleared the obstructed photo eye the conveyor restarted and pulled her finger into the transfer plate causing a laceration.

Injury or illness

Laceration

Object or substance involved

Conveyor transfer plate

Summary line

Laceration to hand from conveyor nip point

Employee and industry

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-3099 — Food Processing Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311111 — Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
739
Total hours worked
1738184
EIN
430470580
Establishment ID
1071840
Employer case #
11

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
29JAN24:19:57:00

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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.