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OSHA Injury Report: Blue Independence Iowa

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Blue Independence Iowa in Independence, IA 50644 resulted in job transfer or restriction. 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
Grading Big Line
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
22

Normal Operation Production

tm was walking to put away shovel and squeege when another tm ([REDACTED]) came by to fast and bumped into his right wrist. Pain shot up right arm.

Contusion Bruise

Other employee

Injured Buff was squeezing through the big line to hang up cleaning tool when another Buff came from behind causing him to lose balance and striking his right hand

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_5284
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
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.