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OSHA Injury Report: Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC: Iola

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC: Iola in Iola, KS 66749 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was serviceUtility A in chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syrups) made from purchased chocolate.

Establishment
Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC: Iola
Parent company
Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC
Street
1995 Marshmallow Lane
City
Iola
State
KS
ZIP
66749
On-site location
Pop Conveyer casing work station
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
180

Taking a floor stand pallet off the line to palletize.

EE was casing floor stands on the pop conveyer. EE lifted the finished floor stand to put it into the shipper when the floor stand slipped. EE tried to catch the floor stand as it came down on her right forearm.

Strain Sprain or Tear of Lower ArmWrist Right Side

Containers Furniture and Fixtures - Boxes of Product

Strain Sprain or Tear of Lower ArmWrist Right Side - Directly harmed by: Containers Furniture and Fixtures - Boxes of Product

Job description
ServiceUtility A
SOC code
53-3031 — Driver/Sales Workers
NAICS code
311352 — Chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syrups) made from purchased chocolate
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
400
Total hours worked
678611
Establishment ID
1102305
Employer case #
FY23-03003
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Submitted
02FEB24:15:41:00

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.