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OSHA Injury Report: Louisa County Plant

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Louisa County Plant in Columbus Junction, IA 52738 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was general Mgr Production in animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering.

Establishment
Louisa County Plant
Parent company
TYSON FRESH MEATS, INC.
Street
16198 Hwy 70 North
City
Columbus Junction
State
IA
ZIP
52738
On-site location
Deaprtment 960 Converting Ham Classisfier
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
33

Leaning over cut down side of a combo and picking up a hamperiod

As he lifted the ham felt severe lumbar back painperiod

Pain Lumbar Sacral Back Right Lower Extremity 6forward slash7forward slash2023 lumbar strain mild loss of intervertebral disc height at Lumbar 5 - Sacral 1 6forward slash13forward slash2023 right paracentral disc protrusionforward slashannular fissure at L4-5 which results in moderate right lateral recess narrowing with impingement posterior placement of the non-exited right L5 nerve rootperiod Findings are superimposed on broad-based disc bulge results in bilateral foraminal crowdingperiod Central canal remains patent Epidural lipomatosis at L5-S1 with narrowing of the thecal sac to approximately 2-3 mm which results in termination of the thecal sac at L5period Broad-based disc bulge which results in bilateral foraminal crowdingperiod Mild facet arthropathyperiod Transitional vertebral segment labeled as sacralization of L5 for numbering purposes which appears to be fused with the sacrum to the right of midline Mild multilevel stress-related changeforward slashearly facet arthropathy

Bending And Lifting Product

Pain Lumbar Sacral Back Right Lower Extremity

Job description
General Mgr Production
SOC code
11-3051 — Industrial Production Managers
NAICS code
311611 — Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1341
Total hours worked
2779364
EIN
710857514
Establishment ID
401897
Employer case #
LCPL-2023-
Date of incident
Shift started
15:45:00.000
Time of incident
17:50:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:14:08:00

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.