Emmetsburg, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Palo Alto County Health System
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Palo Alto County Health System in 3201 1st Street, Emmetsburg, IA 50536 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cook in health Care.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Palo Alto County Health System
- Parent company
- Palo Alto County Health System
- Street
- 3201 1st Street
- City
- Emmetsburg
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50536
- On-site location
- Cafeteria
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
Food prep in the kitchen
What happened
Employee was walking to the ice cream machine when she felt a pop and pain in her right calf muscle.
Injury or illness
Per Dr [REDACTED] and Dr [REDACTED] - plantaris muscle tear to the right calf verse right medial gastrocnemius strain.
Object or substance involved
muscle strain while walking on the cafeteria floor
Summary line
Right leg pain while walking
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Cook
- SOC code
- 35-2012: Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
- NAICS code
- 622110: Health Care
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 270
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 493,833
- EIN
- 420455510
- Establishment ID
- 561751
- Employer case #
- R2025007
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 10:30
- Time of incident
- 14:50
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-16
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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