Hartwell, GA —
OSHA Injury Report: Nestle Purina Pet Care
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Nestle Purina Pet Care in Hartwell, GA 30643 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Technician in animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Nestle Purina Pet Care
- Parent company
- Nestle Purina
- Street
- 266 Industrial Park Rd.
- City
- Hartwell
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 30643
- On-site location
- Line 1/2 Lid Feed
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Associate was attempting to correct a lid gap from a jam above the sensor of the machine.
What happened
The associate was attempting to pass a sleeve of lids back up through the sensor in attempts to free the jam and had their finger in the line of fire. the pressurized lids above the jam point released and fell onto the employee 's exposed finger causing the laceration.
Injury or illness
Laceration to the thumb
Object or substance involved
Overpressure of lids above the sensor; gravitational uncontrolled stored energy
Summary line
Laceration to thumb from falling and pressurized lids
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 311111 — Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 970
- Total hours worked
- 1752476
- EIN
- 430470580
- Establishment ID
- 1071840
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 12:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27JAN26:19:51:00
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.