Grinnell, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Mom's Meals Grinnell Kitchen
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Mom's Meals Grinnell Kitchen in 810 Blakely Circle, Grinnell, IA 50112 resulted in days away from work. Employee was floater in prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mom's Meals Grinnell Kitchen
- Parent company
- Purfoods, LLC DBA Mom's Meals
- Street
- 810 Blakely Circle
- City
- Grinnell
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50112
- On-site location
- RTE/ Freezer Doorway
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
Before the incident
She was pushing a 700lbs metal buggy of sauce out of the freezer into the RTE cooler.
What happened
Floater was pushing a metal buggy (~700lbs) out of the freezer into the RTE when the buggy wheel hit the crack in the concrete flooring causing the buggy to stop and tip over. She tried to stop the buggy from falling causing the strain in her lower back and right side. When the buggy tipped over the back side of the buggy struck her right knee. She did not feel pain until later.
Injury or illness
back strain
Object or substance involved
700lbs buggy falling
Summary line
Floater was pushing a metal buggy (700lbs) of sauce out of the freezer into the RTE cooler when the wheel hit a big crack in the floor causing the buggy to tip over striking her in the right knee & straining her back & right hip.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Floater
- SOC code
- 51-9012: Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Mac
- NAICS code
- 311991: Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 86
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 166,103
- EIN
- 412096639
- Establishment ID
- 547050
- Employer case #
- W2C89605
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-28
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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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