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OSHA Injury Report: Heartland Pet Foods Joplin

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Heartland Pet Foods Joplin in Joplin, MO 64804 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was extruder Operator in dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing.

Establishment
Heartland Pet Foods Joplin
Parent company
Heartland Pet Foods
Street
8101 E 32nd St
City
Joplin
State
MO
ZIP
64804
On-site location
Extrusion Control Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Normal Operation Production

TM entered the Extrusion Control Room and felt a sharp pain in their right ear after removing their ear plug and also felt that they couldn 't hear properly out of their right ear.

Other Injury Type

No workplace risk factors

Right ear pain.

Job description
Extruder Operator
SOC code
51-9041 — Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, O
NAICS code
311111 — Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
307
Total hours worked
629298
EIN
460586447
Establishment ID
46349
Employer case #
25_6800
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00
Time of incident
23:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
29JAN26:15:56:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.