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OSHA Injury Report: Processing Plant Poultry

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Processing Plant Poultry in Hickory, KY 42051 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was laborer Sanitation in chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food).

Establishment
Processing Plant Poultry
Parent company
Pilgrims
Street
2653 State Route 1241
City
Hickory
State
KY
ZIP
42051
On-site location
Eviseration Gizzard harvest line 3
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
68

Starting to clean in 1st processing.

While waiting for maintenance to remove the tip from gizzard harvester EE reached in to gizzard harvester machine to remove parts after locking machine out but was locking in the on position causing his gloved right hand to be pulled in to the dual roller blades.

Dx with open distal phalanx fracture to right index and middle fingers.

Roller blades on gizzard harvest machine line 3

[REDACTED] with open distal phalanx fx to R index and middle fingers from gizzard harvestor Line 3

Job description
Laborer Sanitation
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
311615 — Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food)
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1138
Total hours worked
2861899
EIN
751285071
Establishment ID
178649
Employer case #
135296
Date of incident
Shift started
14:30
Time of incident
14:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
10JAN26:18:34:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.