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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 operator Mixer 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
WBM 4 mixing tank
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
17

Carrying a bag of marination mix up steps to the [REDACTED] mixing tank

While lifting the bag to pour in to the tank felt a tear and burning sensation in the R abdomen.

R abdominal knot with pain. Dx with umbilical hernia from lifting bag of marination.

Bag of marination

R abdominal knot with pain. Dx with umbilical hernia from lifting bag of marination.

Job description
Operator Mixer
SOC code
51-3092 — Food Batchmakers
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 #
149901
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
15:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
10JAN26:20:21:00

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.