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OSHA Injury Report: Waterloo Pork Plant

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Waterloo Pork Plant in 501 N Elk Run Rd, Waterloo, IA 50703 resulted in days away from work. Employee was p Skin Picnic Labor in animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Waterloo Pork Plant
Parent company
TYSON FRESH MEATS, INC.
Street
501 N Elk Run Rd
City
Waterloo
State
IA
ZIP
50703
On-site location
Dept 925forward slashpicnic lineforward slashpicnic skinner

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
29
Days restricted or transferred
12

Before the incident

skin picnic - Bilateral hand rotate product across skinner machine-cleaning picnic skinner

What happened

burned by hot water in boot

Injury or illness

Burnforward slashPain Right Footperiod 11forward slash28forward slash23 partial thickness burn of right footperiod

Object or substance involved

Burned By Hot Water In Boot

Summary line

Pain Right Foot

Employee and industry

Job description
P Skin Picnic Labor
SOC code
9999: Uncoded
NAICS code
311611: Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
NAICS vintage
2022
Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
2,799
Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
5,257,255
EIN
710857514
Establishment ID
402028
Employer case #
WLPP-2023-

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
22:30
Filing year
2023
Submitted to OSHA
2024-02-20

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.

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