Le Mars, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Wafer
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Wafer in 1790 21st St SW, Le Mars, IA 51031 resulted in days away from work. Employee was capper Operator in bakery products, dry (e.g., biscuits, cookies, crackers), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Wafer
- Parent company
- BoDeans
- Street
- 1790 21st St SW
- City
- Le Mars
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 51031
- On-site location
- Mix room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 8
- Days restricted or transferred
- 124
Before the incident
Dropping off pallet of ingredients in mix room
What happened
Tried closing platform gate from the forklift. Fingers were crushed between forklift cage and gate
Injury or illness
crush and fractures to left ring finger and left pinky finger.
Object or substance involved
Platform gate and frame of forklift
Summary line
Finger caught between two objects. Broke two fingers and split another one open. Fractured left hand pinky and ring fingers
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Capper Operator
- SOC code
- 51-3099: Food Processing Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 311821: Bakery products, dry (e.g., biscuits, cookies, crackers), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 130
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 273,987
- EIN
- 200315461
- Establishment ID
- 131345
- Employer case #
- 2598
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:45
- Time of incident
- 20:55
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-04
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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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