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OSHA Injury Report: Bay State Milling Winona Plant

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Bay State Milling Winona Plant in 55 Franklin Street, Winona, MN 55987 resulted in days away from work. Employee was forklift Operator in flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice).

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Bay State Milling Winona Plant
Parent company
Bay State Milling Company
Street
55 Franklin Street
City
Winona
State
MN
ZIP
55987
On-site location
Warehouse

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Setting aside a bag of product that fell off the pallet.

What happened

Employee moved a single bag of product that had fell from a pallet. He then got on the forklift and while driving the forklift went to look back and pulled something in his lower back.

Injury or illness

Low back strain

Object or substance involved

Possibly the bag of product

Summary line

Left lower back strain bag of product

Employee and industry

Job description
Forklift Operator
SOC code
53-7051 — Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
NAICS code
311211 — Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
107
Total hours worked
249750
Establishment ID
181605
Employer case #
6

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
18:40:00.000
Time of incident
19:45:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01FEB24:19:43:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.