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OSHA Injury Report: Wafer

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Wafer in Le Mars, IA 51031 resulted in days away from work. Employee was rail Receiving Operator in bakery products, dry (e.g., biscuits, cookies, crackers), manufacturing.

Establishment
Wafer
Parent company
BoDeans
Street
1790 21st St SW
City
Le Mars
State
IA
ZIP
51031
On-site location
Rail Receiving building
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
19
Days restricted or transferred
9

Was emptying out rail car filled with flour

In order to get flour that is hanging on the side of the wall on the inside of the rail car he hit the rail car with a 4 foot long large mallet. After doing so he felt pain in his abdomen.

Hernia

Swinging the mallet against side of the rail car

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Job description
Rail Receiving Operator
SOC code
43-5071 — Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
NAICS code
311821 — Bakery products, dry (e.g., biscuits, cookies, crackers), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
131
Total hours worked
278378
EIN
200315461
Establishment ID
131345
Employer case #
W19-23
Date of incident
Shift started
6:45:00.000
Submitted
31JAN24:15:47:00

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