Cedar Rapids, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Red Star Yeast Co. and Lesaffre Corp
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Red Star Yeast Co. and Lesaffre Corp in 950 60th Ave S.W., Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was LBF Temporary Operator in yeast manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Red Star Yeast Co. and Lesaffre Corp
- Parent company
- Red Star Yeast Co. and Lesaffre Corporation
- Street
- 950 60th Ave S.W.
- City
- Cedar Rapids
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 52404
- On-site location
- LBF Bag Dump
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Moving 50lb bag and felt pain in stomach.
What happened
Temporary employee was moving a 50lb bag and reported pain in their stomach.
Injury or illness
Diagnosed with a hernia in the emergency room on 8-15-2023. Returned to work with no restrictions. Investigation revealed that teh temporary employee has been working with the hernia for several years.
Object or substance involved
Movement of bags by an employee that had an existing hernia.
Summary line
Temp employee was moving 50 lb bags and reported pain in stomach. Was diagnosed with a Hernia. Continued investigation was that the temp employee has been working with the hernia for three years.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- LBF Temporary Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 311999: Yeast manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 155
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 360,156
- EIN
- 510357753
- Establishment ID
- 101631
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 21:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-05
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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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