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OSHA Injury Report: Blue Independence Iowa

Injury · Days away from work

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.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3
Days restricted or transferred
115

Normal Operation Production

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.

Fracture

Frozen meat pallet

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.

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
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00:00.000
Time of incident
5:00:00.000
Submitted
27FEB24:21:09:00

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.