Kent, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Smith Brothers Farms Kent
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Smith Brothers Farms Kent in 26401 79th Ave S, Kent, WA 98032 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production Operator in milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Smith Brothers Farms Kent
- Parent company
- Smith Holdings Inc
- Street
- 26401 79th Ave S
- City
- Kent
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98032
- On-site location
- Half Gallon Filler
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 8
Before the incident
Working on the 1 2 gallon filler.
What happened
Using a tape gun to seal box of cartons when the front roller got gummed up. Used scraper usually used for opening boxes to cut through the tape on the roller. While cutting the scraper jumped causing operator to punch the metal tape gun with my right hand lacerating right index finger below the second knuckle.
Injury or illness
Laceration on right index finger.
Object or substance involved
Tape gun.
Summary line
Using a tape gun to seal box of cartons when the front roller got gummed up. Used scraper usually used for opening boxes to cut through the tape on the roler. While cutting the scraper jumped causing operator to punch the metal tape gun with my right han
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9111: Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 311511: Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 248
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 129,978
- EIN
- 910602905
- Establishment ID
- 1126203
- Employer case #
- 10
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 17:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-27
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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