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OSHA Injury Report: North Ice Cream Plant

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at North Ice Cream Plant in 121 2nd Ave SE, Le Mars, IA 51031 resulted in days away from work. Employee was bLENDER OPR ICP in ice cream manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
North Ice Cream Plant
Parent company
Wells Enterprises Inc.
Street
121 2nd Ave SE
City
Le Mars
State
IA
ZIP
51031
On-site location
NICP

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

normal day to day operation involved in lifting bags of powder by hand Operating the forklift scrubbing weighing materials for recipes

What happened

EE was cleaning with a hose on the blender platform He took a step backward his left knee popped and caused immediate discomfort

Injury or illness

Strain

Object or substance involved

Other taking a step backward

Summary line

StrainKneeLeftOther taking a step backward

Employee and industry

Job description
BLENDER OPR ICP
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
311520 — Ice cream manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
329
Total hours worked
648678
EIN
421080796
Establishment ID
60345
Employer case #
WC2025142

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
14:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
30JAN26:19:16:00

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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.