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OSHA Injury Report: South Ice Cream Plant

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at South Ice Cream Plant in Le Mars, IA 51031 resulted in days away from work. Employee was sANITATION ASSIST SPEC in ice cream manufacturing.

Establishment
South Ice Cream Plant
Parent company
Wells Enterprises Inc
Street
1191 18th Street SW
City
Le Mars
State
IA
ZIP
51031
On-site location
SICP
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1

Removing equipment from the Polo line

When pushing a portable chocolate surge tank from [REDACTED] line to the [REDACTED] EE had to stop suddenly to avoid a collision with an unloaded PIT traveling [REDACTED] at high speed

Strain

Mobile Equipment Suddenly stopping a portable chocolate surge tank while pushing it

StrainShoulder s RightMobile Equipment Suddenly stopping a portable chocolate surge tank while pushing it

Job description
SANITATION ASSIST SPEC
SOC code
53-7061 — Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
NAICS code
311520 — Ice cream manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1376
Total hours worked
2768285
EIN
421080796
Establishment ID
60321
Employer case #
WC2025137
Date of incident
Shift started
9:45
Time of incident
15:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
30JAN26:19:16:00

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.