NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA—
Interbake Foods, LLC
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Interbake Foods, LLC, 1 Devils Food Drive, NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA 57049 on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning racks inside a warehouse at ground level when a pallet on the third level of a nearby rack failed, allowing a large load of wrapped cookies to fall on him and fracture his left femur.
More severe injuries at Interbake Foods, LLC
NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA—
Interbake Foods, LLC
An employee was walking around a stack of tubs when her right toe struck a dolly and she fell to the floor. She suffered a broken left hip.
NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA—
Interbake Foods LLC
At approximately 3:45 AM on April 1, 2015, at the Interbake Foods LLC bakery in North Sioux City, South Dakota, the injured employee was helping other employees move a rotary molder machine by hand. While moving the machine, his right index fingertip was amputated halfway down his fingernail by the hinge on a 2' x 2' control panel box attached to the rotary machine.
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