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OSHA Injury Report: Independence

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Independence in Independence, MO 64055 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was processing Associate.

Establishment
Independence
Parent company
Unilever
Street
13000 E. 35th Street
City
Independence
State
MO
ZIP
64055
On-site location
Savory Process(Mafo Area)
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
33

EE was operating the Mafo cleaning system washing a stainless steel batchtainer.

The operator made a procedural error and allowed the batchtainer to fill with hot water during the cleaning cycle. After the cycle they moved the batchtainer close to a drain and opened the valve at the bottom. When this happened the operator flooded their boots with hot water.

The operator received second degree burns to both feet.

Hot water

Second degree burns of both feet

Job description
Processing Associate
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311423
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
350
Total hours worked
726461
EIN
131840427
Establishment ID
67663
Employer case #
2503
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
20:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
30JAN26:22:12:00

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.