Galesburg, MI —
OSHA Injury Report: Bell's Brewery
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Bell's Brewery in Galesburg, MI 49053 resulted in days away from work. Employee was senior Packaging Equipment Technician in breweries.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Bell's Brewery
- Parent company
- Bell's Brewery, Inc.
- Street
- 8938 Krum Ave.
- City
- Galesburg
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 49053
- On-site location
- Keg Platform
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
- Days restricted or transferred
- 8
Before the incident
Keg Platform Loading Empty Kegs On Line
What happened
Operator was throwing kegs and didn 't realize how close the nearest kegs on the line already were and slammed their finger in between kegs while throwing more on. Operator has a cut on knocking knuckle of their pointer finger on left hand and finger was very swollen. We were able to get it all cleaned and wrapped up and operator felt they could return to work but due to the inability to bend finger and safely perform their duties they have been sent home
Injury or illness
Contusion to Left Finger
Object or substance involved
1 2 bbl kegs
Summary line
Contusion to Left Fingers caused by 1 2 bbl kegs
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Senior Packaging Equipment Technician
- SOC code
- 51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 312120 — Breweries
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 254
- Total hours worked
- 435135
- EIN
- 382467659
- Establishment ID
- 486764
- Employer case #
- IN-202503
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 16:00
- Time of incident
- 20:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23JAN26:15:53:00
Source
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.