Independence, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Blue Independence Iowa
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Blue Independence Iowa in Independence, IA 50644 resulted in days away from work. 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
- Left shoulder
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Normal Operation Production
What happened
[REDACTED] states that they felt pain in the left shoulder when they were trying to get a tray off the top of the truck and continued to get worse as the time went by.
Injury or illness
Strain (muscle)
Object or substance involved
Finished product tray
Summary line
[REDACTED] states that they felt pain in the left shoulder when they were trying to get a tray off the top of the truck and continued to get worse as the time went by.
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_5038
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 23:30:00.000
- 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.