OSHA Injury Report: Horizon Organic Dairy, LLC

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was experiencing frequent mandrel jams at the infeed of [REDACTED] thus causing carton jams

What happened

In order to address the jammed cartons at the infeed of the [REDACTED] employee was wearing all proper PPE GMP and stopped the [REDACTED] at the main HMI panel in normal fashion then opened the top side safety interlock doors. The employee then reached with their right hand underneath the carton magazine to push the jammed cartons out of the way. After moving the jammed cartons to the side the employee then tried to remove their right arm hand from inside the filler infeed; however the operator�s approved Cintas jacket was caught on one of the brackets of the carton infeed. As the employee realized that their jacket was stuck on the bracket the employee then suddenly jerked their right arm in a fast motion. This action then resulted in the employee right hand index finger to contact one of the bolted brackets causing a <1� laceration on their right-hand index finger.

Injury or illness

<1� laceration on employee 's right-hand index finger

Object or substance involved

Filler Infeed Frame

Summary line

Cut Laceration Puncture Finger Right Index Finger EQ Filler - Carton Infeed Bracket Caught in under on between

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.