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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 raw 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
North Raw Tray Conveyor
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
81

Normal Operation Production

Buff was catching trays on side stacker and felt a pop in right wrist. A little while later felt pain in hand. and is now having sharp pain and soreness in right top of hand and thumb

Inflammation

Finished product tray

Employee was picking up trays off conveyor and felt sharp pain in wrist

Job description
Raw Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
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_5207
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
6:30:00.000
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.