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OSHA Injury Report: Wapsie Valley Creamery, Inc

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Wapsie Valley Creamery, Inc in 300 10th St., N.E., Independence, IA 50644 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was bulk Cheese Packager in butter, creamery and whey, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Wapsie Valley Creamery, Inc
Parent company
Wapsie Valley Creamery, Inc.
Street
300 10th St., N.E.
City
Independence
State
IA
ZIP
50644
On-site location
Strapping Base Pan Picker

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

trying to advance base pans

What happened

while trying to manually advance base pans finger got caught in the middle of 2 pans

Injury or illness

laceration to right pinky finger

Object or substance involved

base pans

Summary line

[REDACTED] to right pinky finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Bulk Cheese Packager
SOC code
51-3023 — Slaughterers and Meat Packers
NAICS code
311512 — Butter, creamery and whey, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
117
Total hours worked
259825
EIN
420582210
Establishment ID
1069703
Employer case #
9152023

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
10:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:15:00.000
Submitted
09JAN24:20:23:00

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Source

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.