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OSHA Injury Report: Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 in Sioux City, IA 51105 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was line Operator in candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption.

Establishment
Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75
Parent company
Palmer Candy Company
Street
2600 N HWY 75
City
Sioux City
State
IA
ZIP
51105
On-site location
H-8 - Repack Department
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
27

Tightening tension on the product film bar.

The handle of the tensioner bar was hard to tighten loosen which strained right wrist.

strain

Team member using excessive force instead of asking for maintenance film tensioner bar was slightly bent.

Excessive force strain of right wrist while tightening tension bar on machine.

Job description
Line Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311352 — Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
234
Total hours worked
404163
EIN
420987933
Establishment ID
1032916
Employer case #
202300004
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:16:44:00

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.