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OSHA Injury Report: Blue Independence Iowa

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Blue Independence Iowa in Independence, IA 50644 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was production Operator in dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing.

Establishment
Blue Independence Iowa
Parent company
General Mills
Street
812 Third St NW
City
Independence
State
IA
ZIP
50644
On-site location
West Grading sifting table
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Normal Operation Production

[REDACTED] states that while he was sifting he got something in his eye thinking maybe an eye lash. He said nothing hit his face.

Foreign Body

Other Cause (explain in notes)

[REDACTED] states that while he was sifting he got something in his eye thinking maybe an eye lash. He said nothing hit his face.

Job description
Production Operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311111 — Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
275
Total hours worked
274795
Establishment ID
1134427
Employer case #
23_5327
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00:00.000
Time of incident
23:30:00.000
Submitted
27FEB24:21:01:00

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.