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OSHA Injury Report: Michael's Cookies

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Michael's Cookies in Clear Lake, IA 50428 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in bakery products, dry (e.g., biscuits, cookies, crackers), manufacturing.

Establishment
Michael's Cookies
Parent company
Michael's Cookies
Street
2205 Sixth Ave S
City
Clear Lake
State
IA
ZIP
50428
On-site location
Brownie Depositor
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
28

Starting operations

Employee was purging the v-mag shooter horn when the corners became plugged. The employee reach into the depositor with their left hand to use a finger to clear the brownies. As the employee was wiping product out with their left index finger the depositor cycled and caused an avulsion of the fingertip.

Amputation Finger Left Index Finger

Depositor

Amputation Finger Left Index Finger Depositor Caught in under on between

Job description
Operator
SOC code
51-3099 — Food Processing Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311821 — Bakery products, dry (e.g., biscuits, cookies, crackers), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
63
Total hours worked
153169
Establishment ID
916001
Employer case #
11
Date of incident
Shift started
4:00:00.000
Time of incident
6:15:00.000
Submitted
16JAN24:23:59:00

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.