Hartwell, GA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Nestle Purina Pet Care
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Nestle Purina Pet Care in 266 Industrial Park Rd., Hartwell, GA 30643 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Technician in animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Nestle Purina Pet Care
- Parent company
- Nestle Purina
- Street
- 266 Industrial Park Rd.
- City
- Hartwell
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 30643
- On-site location
- Maintenance Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
Employee arrived while a product elevator was being reassembled to be placed back in service. Employee elected to help the team reassembling the product elevator.
What happened
legs of the product elevator were fully raised into position using a forklift to hold them in the open position but were left unsecured to the forklift. Employee was holding cross-members in place to allow another employee to hammer the pins into place using a dead blow hammer. Injured employee 's hand was struck inadvertently with the dead blow hammer; as a result the injured employee pulled their hand back. the injured employee 's other hand was in the line of fire of the product elevator legs - on the next strike of the dead blow hammer the product elevator legs collapsed down on the injured associate 's hand amputating the 4th and 5th fingers of the left hand.
Injury or illness
Amputation - 4th and 5th digit of left hand
Object or substance involved
Rebuild of a product elevator
Summary line
Amputation of 4th and 5th finger of left hand from falling product elevator legs - left unsecured on a forklift
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 311111: Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 826
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 1,665,113
- EIN
- 430470580
- Establishment ID
- 1071840
- Employer case #
- 6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 13:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-23
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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