OSHA Injury Report: Amy's Kitchen

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Scraping tofu off pans

What happened

EE hand slipped while tilting a tray of poblano tofu to depan into a gondola and his right pinky become trapped between the tray weighing about 15 lbs. and the gondola. His gloves were slippery from the grease of the poblano tofu being worked with. When he felt the tray slipping he tried to catch the tray putting his pinky in the position to be smashed. EE describes pain as a burning sensation around his finger. He is unable to bend his finger without having increased pain. This is the same hand that he reported an injury to his wrist recently which he was wearing the provided brace. This is the first time working on the poblano depan although he has worked on other similar depan processes such as mushrooms and breadcrumbs.

Injury or illness

Finger Contusion

Object or substance involved

Tray

Summary line

Finger Caught Between

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.