OSHA Injury Report: General Mills / Gardettos

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Normal operation - production

What happened

Inside the gold cell room film pallets get delivered and set onto a raised metal platform. This platform sits roughly a foot off the ground allowing for team members to park their film carts alongside the platforms. When the film cart is level with the film pallet employees slide rolls of film onto their film cart. In need of more film an employee stationed their cart near the raised platform. At this time only 2 rolls of film remained on the pallet. Both film rolls were in the middle of the pallet which required the team member to bend over and reach with their arms extended to grab the roll of film. While getting back up the team member strained a muscle in their lower back.

Injury or illness

Muscle strain

Object or substance involved

Overexertion

Summary line

Strained lower back

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.