Cherokee, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: General Merchandise-Cherokee
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at General Merchandise-Cherokee in 5845 Westown Parkway, Cherokee, IA 51012 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was chek S Order Filler in general Warehousing and Storage.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- General Merchandise-Cherokee
- Parent company
- HYVEE INC
- Street
- 5845 Westown Parkway
- City
- Cherokee
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 51012
- On-site location
- Breakroom
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 6
Before the incident
Standing checking out at breakroom kiosk talking on phone
What happened
After walking out of the restroom [REDACTED] walked towards the breakroom kiosk to buy something to eat. While he was checking out he said he was on the phone and he must have twisted turned the wrong way. He said it continued to get worse while he was sitting down eating. After break he talked to a supervisor and said pain was too great to try to go back to work on the floor.
Injury or illness
INJURY TYPE: Strain || BODY PART(S) AFFECTED: - Shoulder(s)
Object or substance involved
None
Summary line
Strain injury from twisting. Upper back left side
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Chek S Order Filler
- SOC code
- 53-7065: Stockers and Order Fillers
- NAICS code
- 493110: General Warehousing and Storage
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 164
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 84,927
- EIN
- 420325638
- Establishment ID
- 1028548
- Employer case #
- 2024-2gm
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 10:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-28
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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