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 raw 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
- Dock 2 South Freezer
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
- Days restricted or transferred
- 115
Before the incident
Normal Operation Production
What happened
Two buffs were working on a double stack of meat pallets in the south freezer. While they were moving the pallets became unstable and started to tip over onto team members forearm.
Injury or illness
Fracture
Object or substance involved
Frozen meat pallet
Summary line
Two buffs were working on a double stack of meat pallets in the south freezer. While they were moving the pallets became unstable and started to tip over onto team members forearm.
Employee and industry
- 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_5033
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 5:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 27FEB24:21:09:00
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.