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OSHA Injury Report: Independence

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Independence in Independence, MO 64055 resulted in days away from work. Employee was packaging Associate.

Establishment
Independence
Parent company
Unilever
Street
13000 E. 35th Street
City
Independence
State
MO
ZIP
64055
On-site location
Line 14
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
118

Employee was stepping down off of a platform after loading cartons into the Cartoner machine.

When they stepped off of the stand they scraped their knee on the cart next to the platform causing a scrape on their knee. At the time the employee did not report any back pain. On [REDACTED] the employee reported back pain that they said was related to the incident from [REDACTED].

Acute lumbar myofascial strain and muscle spasm. Employee was given prescription medication and days off work.

Unknown

Back pain and knee pain

Job description
Packaging Associate
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311423
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
337
Total hours worked
701820
EIN
131840427
Establishment ID
67663
Employer case #
2402
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
15:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
26FEB2025:11:14:00

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.