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OSHA Injury Report: Nestle Purina Pet Care

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Nestle Purina Pet Care in 2400 5th Ave S, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Mechanic in dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Nestle Purina Pet Care
Street
2400 5th Ave S
City
Fort Dodge
State
IA
ZIP
50501
On-site location
Maintenance Shop

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Working with hand tools on equipment with sharp edge

What happened

Working with hand tools on equipment with sharp edge when EE 's hadn slipped off causing a puncture cut to their palm

Injury or illness

Injury was a laceration to the L palm

Object or substance involved

Sharp edge of tool pack

Summary line

EE cut the palm of htier hand while building eco cutter tool packs

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
311111 — Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
277
Total hours worked
577416
Establishment ID
1063221
Employer case #
7

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:45:00.000
Time of incident
12:20:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
05FEB24:10:37:00

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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.