West Des Moines, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: West Des Moines #2 - Main Store
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at West Des Moines #2 - Main Store in 1990 Grand Ave, West Des Moines, IA 50265 resulted in days away from work. Employee was host Ess in supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- West Des Moines #2 - Main Store
- Parent company
- HY-VEE, INC.
- Street
- 1990 Grand Ave
- City
- West Des Moines
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50265
- On-site location
- Dishroom
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
- Days restricted or transferred
- 2
Before the incident
Determining why the water was running over the soap dispenser for the dishwasher.
What happened
Employee and another employee were trying to determine why the water was running down and coming out inside the dishwasher soap dispenser. Employee gripped the white block soap from the dispenser to remove. The soap slipped out of his fingers and back in the dispenser; splashing the water soap in Employee 's left eye.
Injury or illness
INJURY TYPE: Inflammation || BODY PART(S) AFFECTED: - Eye(s)
Object or substance involved
Dishwasher dispenser. Block white dish soap used for dishwasher.
Summary line
Left eye chemical conjunctivitis from dish soap
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Host Ess
- SOC code
- 41-2011: Cashiers
- NAICS code
- 445110: Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 144
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 180,439
- EIN
- 420325638
- Establishment ID
- 1028525
- Employer case #
- 2023-7
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 16:00
- Time of incident
- 19:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-29
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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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