Florence, AL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Gemstone Foods LLC. Florence
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Gemstone Foods LLC. Florence in 700 s wood ave, Florence, AL 35630 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Technician in chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Gemstone Foods LLC. Florence
- Parent company
- Gemstone Foods
- Street
- 700 s wood ave
- City
- Florence
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35630
- On-site location
- IQF 1 Pacmac
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
He stated that he had just changed the zipper line on the [REDACTED] Pacmac bagging machine and was in the process of adjusting the bag film to line it up correctly.
What happened
While the machine was running he reached up under it to grab the bags that were jammed and not lined up correctly when his hand was caught in the machine heater bars.
Injury or illness
Fractures contusions and lacerations to his left hand.
Object or substance involved
Pacmac bagger heater bars.
Summary line
Fractures contusions and lacerations to left hand from the Pacmac heater bars.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 311615: Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 174
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 306,818
- EIN
- 453587389
- Establishment ID
- 1066405
- Employer case #
- 2306
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 23:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-24
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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