Kalamazoo, MI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Foodservice Kalamazoo
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Foodservice Kalamazoo in 4141 Mancheater, Kalamazoo, MI 49001 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was packer in all Other Plastics Product Manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Foodservice Kalamazoo
- Parent company
- Fabri-Kal LLC
- Street
- 4141 Mancheater
- City
- Kalamazoo
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 49001
- On-site location
- line 7 near grinder area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
EE was using Safety knife to cut down scrap in an overflowing gaylord EE believed the material to be purge therefore leaving the facility to recycling due to contamination EE felt he could cut down the larger pieces to make room in the two gaylords for a material handling to remove the waste rather than acquire a new gaylord because there was no room for a 3rd gaylord While attempting to cut down polypropylene sheets the safety knife tip snapped off and the EE was pulling the knife towards his body The sudden break and the force applied caused the EE to rake the knife across the forearm Creating a long laceration in the inner soft tissue of L arm Sleeves were not worn during this activity
What happened
EE was using Safety knife to cut down scrap in an overflowing gaylord EE believed the material to be purge therefore leaving the facility to recycling due to contamination EE felt he could cut down the larger pieces to make room in the two gaylords for a material handling to remove the waste rather than acquire a new gaylord because there was no room for a 3rd gaylord While attempting to cut down polypropylene sheets the safety knife tip snapped off and the EE was pulling the knife towards his body The sudden break and the force applied caused the EE to rake the knife across the forearm Creating a long laceration in the inner soft tissue of L arm Sleeves were not worn during this activity
Injury or illness
Laceration Cut Open Wound Arm Left Forearm
Object or substance involved
J hook safety knife and no use of PPE
Summary line
Laceration Cut Open Wound Arm Left Forearm J hook safety knife and no use of PPE Contact with sharp object
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Packer
- SOC code
- 51-9111: Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 326199: All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 280
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 516,739
- EIN
- 381356592
- Establishment ID
- 1476804
- Employer case #
- 234
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:20
- Time of incident
- 12:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-17
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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