OSHA Injury Report: Foodservice FRANKFORT

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

On [REDACTED] at approximately [REDACTED] Maintenance Employee (Electrician) was using a punch and hammer to drive a cartridge heater out of a die body in the maintenance shop while wearing protective gloves The punch had bent causing the hammer to partially miss the punch resulting in hammer contacting employees left thumb below the first knuckle Corrective action moving forward is to supply and verify personnel are provided punch handles to be used when using a punch and hammer keeping hands out of the line of fire

What happened

On [REDACTED] at approximately [REDACTED] Maintenance Employee (Electrician) was using a punch and hammer to drive a cartridge heater out of a die body in the maintenance shop while wearing protective gloves The punch had bent causing the hammer to partially miss the punch resulting in hammer contacting employees left thumb below the first knuckle Corrective action moving forward is to supply and verify personnel are provided punch handles to be used when using a punch and hammer keeping hands out of the line of fire

Injury or illness

Fracture Finger Left Thumb

Object or substance involved

Hammer hit EEs left thumb while using a punch

Summary line

Fracture Finger Left Thumb Hammer hit EEs left thumb while using a punch Struck by

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

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.