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OSHA Injury Report: Fort Dodge Correctional Facility

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Fort Dodge Correctional Facility in 1550 L Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was correctional Counselor in correctional institutions.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Fort Dodge Correctional Facility
Parent company
Iowa Department of Corrections
Street
1550 L Street
City
Fort Dodge
State
IA
ZIP
50501
On-site location
Cedar Unit

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Trying to de-escalate an offender who was combative with a co-worker

What happened

Employee was punched in the face by the offender (with a closed fist)

Injury or illness

Mandibular pain and contusion of head

Object or substance involved

Struck Injured by Incarcerated individual

Summary line

Staff Assault - [REDACTED] was responding to yelling outside his office when the inmate involved began swinging a closed fist towards [REDACTED] and made contact with his jaw mandibular

Employee and industry

Job description
Correctional Counselor
SOC code
21-1019 — Counselors, All Other
NAICS code
922140 — Correctional institutions
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
249
Total hours worked
535153
EIN
391892816
Establishment ID
1291633
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
8:18
Filing year
2025
Submitted
26JAN26:16:38:00

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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.