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OSHA Injury Report: Prairie Farms Dairy

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Prairie Farms Dairy in 3510 Central Avenue, Dubuque, IA 52001 resulted in days away from work. Employee was loadout in milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Prairie Farms Dairy
Parent company
Prairie Farms Dairy Dubuque
Street
3510 Central Avenue
City
Dubuque
State
IA
ZIP
52001
On-site location
Prairie Farms Dubuque Plant

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
31

Before the incident

Pulling a pally off of the B side pally machine.

What happened

Standing on metal ramp pulling pally off of B side pally machine. Brake was left on the pally causing him to slip when he pulled. Caught himself with right arm and pulled something in arm.

Injury or illness

Right should sprain possible muscle tear

Object or substance involved

The ground and pally

Summary line

Pulling pally off of B side pally machine standing on metal ramp. Brake on palley was on causing employee to slip when pulling right arm and shoulder

Employee and industry

Job description
Loadout
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
311511 — Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
218
Total hours worked
422301
EIN
370811846
Establishment ID
69930
Employer case #
2025-19

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
12:30
Time of incident
18:35
Filing year
2025
Submitted
15JAN26:22:35:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.