Independence, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Blue Independence Iowa
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 22
Before the incident
Normal Operation Production
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Contusion Bruise
Object or substance involved
Other employee
Summary line
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
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 10:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 27FEB24:21:01:00
Source
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.