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OSHA Injury Report: Processing Plant Poultry

Other illness · Job transfer or restriction

On , an other illness at Processing Plant Poultry in Hickory, KY 42051 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was grader Parts 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
Packgin rehang but worsened in Debone packout
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Days restricted or transferred
44

Tender grading and pulling bones when pain worsened but worked a [REDACTED] on rehang when pain first began.

Fingers began hurting at MCP joints and thenar eminence.

Pain to the MCP joints of all fingers and L wrist with aggravated pain to the shoulders. Dx with Intrinsic muscle strain to bilateral palms of hands.

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Pain to the MCP joints of all fingers and L wrist with aggravated pain to the shoulders. Dx with Intrinsic muscle strain to bilateral palms of hands from chicken production.

Job description
Grader Parts
SOC code
51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
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 #
145484
Date of incident
Shift started
22:22
Time of incident
22:50
Filing year
2025
Submitted
10JAN26:19:37:00

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.