DURANT, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. - Durant, IA SPSC
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. - Durant, IA SPSC in 2208 Yankee Avenue, DURANT, IA 52747 resulted in days away from work. Employee was area Team Lead in corn drying.
Where did this happen?
- Parent company
- Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. - Durant, IA SPSC
- Street
- 2208 Yankee Avenue
- City
- DURANT
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 52747
- On-site location
- Rework-Rebag Palletizer
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
- Days restricted or transferred
- 167
Before the incident
Operating palletizer.
What happened
While operating the palletizer after he finished the last complete layer he cycled the machine to clear it. There was one bag left so the operator positioned the bag in the center of the table. They then cycled the machine. As the machine cycled the table closed on the bag The operator then used their hand to try to free the bag. The bag became unstuck allowing the table to close on their hand.
Injury or illness
Contusion to right hand. This caused swelling across palm and back of hand. Swelling in turn was suspected of causing carpal nerve impingement. At this time it is unclear if there is a fracture. An ER nurse said they were unsure if the initial x-ray indicated if there was or was not a small fracture to one bone. (The nurse pointed to the 5th metacarpal area.)
Object or substance involved
Metal slide gates on the palletizer closed from both sides pinching his hand.
Summary line
Contusion to the right hand from being caught in metal slide gates.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Area Team Lead
- SOC code
- 45-1011: First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
- NAICS code
- 115114: Corn drying
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 75
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 131,278
- EIN
- 67342103
- Establishment ID
- 859276
- Employer case #
- 21368
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 13:47
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-31
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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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