Oskaloosa, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: DFS Oskaloosa, LLC
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at DFS Oskaloosa, LLC in 2808 South 33rd St, Oskaloosa, IA 50219 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Technician in animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- DFS Oskaloosa, LLC
- Parent company
- DFS Oskaloosa, LLC
- Street
- 2808 South 33rd St
- City
- Oskaloosa
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50219
- On-site location
- Feed Mill Receiving Conveyor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Working on an emergency repair on the receiving conveyor at the feed mill. He had been working through the night to get the system back up and running so that live animals would be fed on time.
What happened
Employee was finishing the job and was in the process of tightening paddles on the conveyor. To do so he was rotating the conveyor around by manually turning the drive pulley. While doing so his thumb got under the drive belt and got pinched between the belt and the pulley the tension on the belt causing high pressure on the thumb at the nail.
Injury or illness
Right thumb pinched. Lost his thumbnail. No internal injuries no medical intervention needed.
Object or substance involved
The drive belt and the drive pulley.
Summary line
Right thumb pinched between drive belt and pully on drive shaft of drag conveyor during manual rotation.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 311119: Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 38
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 84,160
- EIN
- 454288730
- Establishment ID
- 1009648
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 21:34
- Time of incident
- 12:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-28
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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