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OSHA Injury Report: Iowa Premium

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Iowa Premium in 3337 L. Avenue, Tama, IA 52339 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was st Butter 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 - Skinning Line

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Before the incident

EE was assigned to the 1st Butter workstation before second break; this is not his normal position. The [REDACTED] [REDACTED] gave him the mesh glove for the workstation and the EE wore the mesh glove until second break.

What happened

When the EE returned from break he failed to don the mesh glove. He was grasping the hide w his right hand and cut the base of his right thumb w the air knife causing a deep laceration that required sutures; EE given an antibiotic.

Injury or illness

Laceration to base of employee 's right thumb.

Object or substance involved

Air knife

Summary line

Laceration to base of right thumb (air knife)

Employee and industry

Job description
st Butter
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 #
7

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:15
Time of incident
12:25
Filing year
2025
Submitted
05FEB26:20:26:00

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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.