OSHA Injury Report: Marzetti Manufacturing Company-Allen Division

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was cleaning the floor when they first noticed the material building up in the heat tunnel

What happened

Employee was cleaning the floor when they noticed plastic banding material building up inside the heat tunnel. Employee noticed a hand made hook style reach tool and decided to use it to reach into the tunnel to retrieve the plastic. The tool got caught on the conveyor and caused the sharp end to puncture and hook the employees hand and proceed to drag them down the conveyor.

Injury or illness

Hand puncture laceration

Object or substance involved

Hand made reach tool hook tool

Summary line

Employee noticed a ball of plastic building up in the heat tunnel and used a hand made tool to reach into the heat tunnel and remove it. Employee was hooked in the hand by the tool when it caught the conveyor causing a laceration

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.