RENSSELAER, NY ·
OSHA Injury Report: DFA FLUID - RENSSELAER NY
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at DFA FLUID - RENSSELAER NY in 504 3RD AVENUE EXTENSION, RENSSELAER, NY 12144 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Technician in fluid milk manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- DFA FLUID - RENSSELAER NY
- Parent company
- DFA DAIRY BRANDS FLUID LLC
- Street
- 504 3RD AVENUE EXTENSION
- City
- RENSSELAER
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 12144
- On-site location
- Palletizer #1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
repairing palletizer in Cooler
What happened
Employee was repairing palletizer strapper by placing chain back onto sprocket. The chain was between the palletizer frame and the sprocket so to place the chain back onto the sprocket slack in the chain was required. As the employee added slack to the chain the counterweight of the system fell pinning their hand between sprocket and chain causing puncture wounds on 4 fingers of left hand and
Injury or illness
cuts to left hand and fingers
Object or substance involved
sprocket and chain on palletizer
Summary line
Employee was repairing palletizer strapper by placing chain back onto sprocket pinning the employee 's hand between sprocket and chain causing puncture wounds on 4 fingers of left hand
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 311511: FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 130
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 268,383
- EIN
- 850489560
- Establishment ID
- 709547
- Employer case #
- 2024-013
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 13:55
- 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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