SALT LAKE CITY, UT ·
OSHA Injury Report: DFA FLUID - SALT LAKE CITY UT
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at DFA FLUID - SALT LAKE CITY UT in 3730 W. 1820 SOUTH, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84104 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was blowmold Operator in fluid milk manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- DFA FLUID - SALT LAKE CITY UT
- Parent company
- DFA DAIRY BRANDS FLUID LLC
- Street
- 3730 W. 1820 SOUTH
- City
- SALT LAKE CITY
- State
- UT
- ZIP
- 84104
- On-site location
- Half Gallon Blow Mold Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 32
Before the incident
Employee was working in the half gallon blow mold room keeping the area clean and keeping the machine running.
What happened
There was a half gallon bottle stuck inside of the mold. Plastic was building up on it and pushing down to the point that it looked low enough for him to grab it from the bottom before the mold closed. As he was reaching up from the bottom to grab it the employee mistimed the cycle and it closed on his fingertip before he pulled his hand out.
Injury or illness
Smashed finger resulting in the entirety of the skin being peeled back exposing tendons and blood vessels underneath. No severed tendon and broken bones.
Object or substance involved
The mold on the blow mold closed on the employee 's finger tip.
Summary line
Employee stuck his hand inside of the mold trying to remove a piece of plastic pinching his finger on the machine. Crush right Finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Blowmold Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 311511: FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 172
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 384,867
- EIN
- 850489560
- Establishment ID
- 709538
- Employer case #
- 2024-002
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 08:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-03-05
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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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