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OSHA Injury Report: Iowa Premium

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Iowa Premium in 3337 L. Avenue, Tama, IA 52339 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was gutter in beef produced in slaughtering plants.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Iowa Premium
Parent company
Iowa Premium
Street
3337 L. Avenue
City
Tama
State
IA
ZIP
52339
On-site location
Slaughter (gut table area)

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
14

Before the incident

He was cleaning up equipment he had the hose nozzle in his right hand and knife in left hand and a coworker said his name he looked and brought his right arm toward the knife and he obtained a long deep laceration to inner right forearm.

What happened

When coworker said his name he looked and brought his right arm towards the knife which was in his left hand. He is right handed so he didn’t have any protection on his right forearm.

Injury or illness

Long deep laceration to inner right forearm. (17 sutures)

Object or substance involved

Knife

Summary line

Laceration lower left leg (knife)

Employee and industry

Job description
Gutter
SOC code
51-3022 — Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
NAICS code
311611 — Beef produced in slaughtering plants
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
825
Total hours worked
1738728
EIN
274412548
Establishment ID
106054
Employer case #
21

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
15:40
Filing year
2024
Submitted
03FEB2025:18:18:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.