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OSHA Injury Report: Iowa Premium

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Iowa Premium in 3337 L. Avenue, Tama, IA 52339 resulted in days away from work. Employee was trim Tongues in beef produced in slaughtering plants.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Iowa Premium
Parent company
Iowa Premium
Street
3337 L. Avenue
City
Tama
State
IA
ZIP
52339
On-site location
Slaughter - Head Table

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1
Days restricted or transferred
179

Before the incident

EE was falling behind on the line the tongue was already past her so she switched her knife hand and as the tongue was falling she went to catch the tongue resulting in a deep right hand laceration.

What happened

EE cut anterior aspect of right hand deep tendons involved

Injury or illness

Anterior right hand laceration deep tendons cut

Object or substance involved

Knife

Summary line

Anterior right hand laceration deep tendons cut (knife)

Employee and industry

Job description
Trim Tongues
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
311611 — Beef produced in slaughtering plants
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
857
Total hours worked
1739002
EIN
274412548
Establishment ID
106054
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
14:10
Filing year
2025
Submitted
05FEB26:19:40:00

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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.