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OSHA Injury Report: Lopez Foods Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Lopez Foods Inc. in Cherokee, IA 51012 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production in processed meats manufacturing.

Establishment
Lopez Foods Inc.
Parent company
Lopez Foods Inc.
Street
1300 S Lake Street
City
Cherokee
State
IA
ZIP
51012
On-site location
Raw Deli Production
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
14

Setting up the production injector machine placing needles into the injector head

While setting up machine lid closed on left thumb

Tuft fracture to left thumb

Injector head lid

While setting up machine lid closed on left thumb causing tuft fracture

Job description
Production
SOC code
51-302 — Butchers and Meat Cutters
NAICS code
311612 — Processed meats manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
55
Total hours worked
88835
EIN
731348891
Establishment ID
1144801
Employer case #
202300002
Date of incident
Shift started
6:29:00.000
Time of incident
7:45:00.000
Submitted
21FEB24:16:19:00

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.