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OSHA Injury Report: Hormel Foods

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Hormel Foods in Knoxville, IA 50138 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was mechanic in sausage and similar cased products made from purchased carcasses.

Establishment
Hormel Foods
Parent company
Hormel Foods
Street
209 N Godfrey Ln
City
Knoxville
State
IA
ZIP
50138
On-site location
Receiving Dock
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
180

Drilling hole with core saw.

Worker fell to ground after being struck by saw.

Right shoulder - contusion.

Concrete Floor

Contusion right shoulder concrete floor

Job description
Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
311612 — Sausage and similar cased products made from purchased carcasses
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
220
Total hours worked
426624
EIN
410319970
Establishment ID
1296931
Employer case #
25-1
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
14:12
Filing year
2025
Submitted
23FEB26:16:58:00

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.