Emmetsburg, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Palo Alto County Health System
Respiratory condition · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a respiratory condition at Palo Alto County Health System in 3201 1st Street, Emmetsburg, IA 50536 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was dietary Cook in health Care.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Palo Alto County Health System
- Parent company
- Palo Alto County Health System
- Street
- 3201 1st Street
- City
- Emmetsburg
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50536
- On-site location
- PACHS kitchen by the drain sink
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
Before the incident
Employee was draining the juice off the tuna when her tongue started tingling and swelling.
What happened
Employee had throat and tongue swelling from draining the juice off the tuna. She went to the ER and was treated for an anaphylactic reaction to fish.
Injury or illness
Respiratory Condition
Object or substance involved
Tuna juices
Summary line
inflammation to tongue and throat from absorption and inhalation of fish
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Dietary Cook
- SOC code
- 35-2012: Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
- NAICS code
- 622110: Health Care
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 290
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 487,126
- EIN
- 420455510
- Establishment ID
- 561751
- Employer case #
- R2023002
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:30
- Time of incident
- 09:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-04
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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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