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OSHA Injury Report: Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant in Gadsden, AL 35903 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Tech in chickens, slaughtering and dressing.

Establishment
Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant
Parent company
Koch Foods
Street
501 Paden Road
City
Gadsden
State
AL
ZIP
35903
On-site location
Fast Food Saddle Splitter
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
21

Making cut adjustments to saddle splitter

Left hand slipped and hit saddle splitter while it was in motion

Left thumb laceration

Saddle splitter blade

Left thumb laceration from saddle splitter

Job description
Maintenance Tech
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
311615 — Chickens, slaughtering and dressing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1191
Total hours worked
2297652
Establishment ID
922576
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
17:00
Time of incident
23:25
Filing year
2024
Submitted
31JAN2025:11:11:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.