Olé Mexican Foods reports left-thumb amputation on Norcross corn-cutting line
By Tortilla News Staff · · 2 min read
An OSHA severe-injury report dated Aug. 11, 2025, records a thumb amputation at Olé Mexican Foods' Plant 1 in Norcross, Ga., when an air piston on a corn-cutting machine came down on a worker's hand. The employee was hospitalized.
Plant
Norcross, Ga.
Date
Aug 11, 2025
Injury
Left thumb amputation
Machine
Corn-cutting / air piston
Federal OSHA severe-injury records, as reproduced by Safety Incidents, document an Aug. 11, 2025, incident at Ole' Mexican Foods, Inc., 6585 Crescent Drive, Norcross, GA 30071.
The agency narrative states an employee was inserting corn tortillas into a corn-cutting machine when the machine’s air piston released and came down onto her left thumb, resulting in an amputation. The worker was hospitalized.
Olé (Guerrero and related brands) is a major U.S. tortilla manufacturer. Tortilla News found no separate company press release describing the event; the brief relies on the OSHA severe-injury narrative.
See the Safety Incidents mirror of the OSHA severe-injury report for the agency’s wording.
