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OSHA Injury Report: West Des Moines #2 - Main Store

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at West Des Moines #2 - Main Store in West Des Moines, IA 50265 resulted in days away from work. Employee was host Ess in supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores.

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

Determining why the water was running over the soap dispenser for the dishwasher.

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 TYPE: Inflammation || BODY PART(S) AFFECTED: - Eye(s)

Dishwasher dispenser. Block white dish soap used for dishwasher.

Left eye chemical conjunctivitis from dish soap

Job description
Host Ess
SOC code
41-2011 — Cashiers
NAICS code
445110 — Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
144
Total hours worked
180439
EIN
420325638
Establishment ID
1028525
Employer case #
2023-7
Date of incident
Shift started
16:00:00.000
Time of incident
19:00:00.000
Submitted
29FEB24:15:47:00

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.