OSHA Injury Report: Nestle Purina Pet Care

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

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

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.