OSHA Injury Report: San Jose Manufacturing Facility - KNA

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Operations - General Productivity

What happened

On [REDACTED] at approximately [REDACTED] production operator got her left hand stuck in one of the mod 1 elevator infeed rollers and was bended backwards. Ops Supervisor immediately shut down the power to the roller conveyor and called maintenance to reverse the rotation of the rollers to release the employee 's hand. During this time Ops Supervisor call [REDACTED] to send EMS. Once Maintenance removed the guard to the rollers and were able to reverse the rotation of the rollers then they were able to free employees left hand. The EMS team arrived and they quickly took her to the hospital. Employee received restrictions from the hospital that the plant could not accommodate. Employee was diagnosed with closed displaced fracture of middle phalanx of left middle finger and restrictions of not being able to use her left hand or after being evaluated and cleared by the Orthopedic Surgeon.

Injury or illness

Fracture Finger(s)

Object or substance involved

Caught In Between

Summary line

Finger injury at Mod 1 elevator infeed roller conveyor

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.