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OSHA Injury Report: Shearer's Foods - Bluffton

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Shearer's Foods - Bluffton in 705 W Dustman Rd, Bluffton, IN 46714 resulted in days away from work. Employee was tEMP PACKER in potato chips manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Shearer's Foods - Bluffton
Street
705 W Dustman Rd
City
Bluffton
State
IN
ZIP
46714
On-site location
PACKING FLOOR

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

STACKING PALLETS

What happened

WHILE PALLETIZING FORKLIFT OP PULLED PALLET AWAY AND BOXES FELL ON EMPLOYEE

Injury or illness

BACK CONTUSION

Object or substance involved

SNACK FOOD BOXES

Summary line

BACK CONTUSION DUE TO BOXES FALLING ON EMPLOYEE

Employee and industry

Job description
TEMP PACKER
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311919 — Potato chips manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
173
Total hours worked
290178
EIN
830955753
Establishment ID
1292472
Employer case #
2502

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
23:00
Time of incident
23:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
11FEB26:16:26:00

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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.