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OSHA Injury Report: Prairie Farms Dairy - Rochester

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Prairie Farms Dairy - Rochester in 4219 Highway 14 W, Rochester, MN 55901 resulted in days away from work. Employee was production in cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Prairie Farms Dairy - Rochester
Parent company
Prairie Farms Dairy
Street
4219 Highway 14 W
City
Rochester
State
MN
ZIP
55901
On-site location
Process Room

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
39
Days restricted or transferred
52

Before the incident

Setting up the process room and moving machine into place

What happened

had arm around a rod that supports the auger pulled the pin out and auger fell moving the rod upwards which pulled on arm

Injury or illness

Tear of right glenoid labrum

Object or substance involved

auger rod

Summary line

Tear of right [REDACTED] from auger falling

Employee and industry

Job description
Production
SOC code
51-3092 — Food Batchmakers
NAICS code
311513 — Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
73
Total hours worked
145317
EIN
370811846
Establishment ID
656931
Employer case #
2024-6

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
4:19
Time of incident
7:40
Filing year
2024
Submitted
13FEB2025:15:35:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.