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OSHA Injury Report: Church & Dwight

Skin disorder · Days away from work

On , a skin disorder at Church & Dwight in Mason City, IA 50461 resulted in days away from work. Employee was temp Operator in blending animal feed.

Establishment
Church & Dwight
Parent company
Church & Dwight
Street
905 S Carolina
City
Mason City
State
IA
ZIP
50461
On-site location
Packaging Room
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Skin disorder (code 2)
Days away from work
178

The temp employee was helping to unplug the vessel.

One full-time employee with the aid of two temporary workers was performing a cleanout of a plugged valve of a [REDACTED] unit. After being told to stand clear one of the temporary workers reached up inside the equipment to clear the plug. While her hand was inside the equipment the valve actuated lacerating her left middle finger with amputation between the first knuckle and fingernail.

Laceration of her left middle finger with amputation between the first knuckle and fingernail.

air lock valve

EE reached hand into equipment valve actuated lacerating her left middle finger with amputation between the first knuckle and fingernail.

Job description
Temp Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311119 — Blending animal feed
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
37
Total hours worked
51477
Establishment ID
1111916
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
0:40:00.000
Time of incident
22:00:00.000
Submitted
07FEB24:22:01:00

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