Jerome, ID —
OSHA Injury Report: Agropur Jerome
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Agropur Jerome in Jerome, ID 83338 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was separator Operator in cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Agropur Jerome
- Parent company
- Agropur
- Street
- 547 West Nez Perce Avenue
- City
- Jerome
- State
- ID
- ZIP
- 83338
- On-site location
- Separator Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 132
Before the incident
Working on seat [REDACTED].
What happened
Air line became disconnected causing the valve to close on the employee 's right thumb.
Injury or illness
Amputation of right thumb tip.
Object or substance involved
Seat valve.
Summary line
Employee was unscrewing a valve stem and the air line became detached. Once the air was disconnected the valve spring compressed and the plug slammed down on the valve seat amputating the tip of their right thumb which was near the valve seat opening.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Separator Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9012 — Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 311513 — Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 438
- Total hours worked
- 1040148
- Establishment ID
- 951442
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 4:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 4:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 12FEB24:20:32:00
Source
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.