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OSHA Injury Report: Waterloo West

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Waterloo West in 601 Dryer Rd, Waterloo, NE 68069 resulted in days away from work. Employee was distribution Specialist in seed processing, post-harvest for propagation.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Waterloo West
Parent company
Syngenta Seeds, LLC
Street
601 Dryer Rd
City
Waterloo
State
NE
ZIP
68069
On-site location
East Husk Sort Steps

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
8

Before the incident

Employee was doing harvest start up walkaround. When leaving husk sort room for line 1 employee was walking downstairs (10 steps). He was not carrying anything and was holding onto rail with 1 hand.

What happened

Descending stairs the employee felt and heard his ankle pop. It didn 't start to hurt until [REDACTED]. After a while he couldn 't put much weight on it.

Injury or illness

Right ankle pain and swelling

Object or substance involved

N A

Summary line

Right ankle pop pain swelling

Employee and industry

Job description
Distribution Specialist
SOC code
27-1023 — Floral Designers
NAICS code
115114 — Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
57
Total hours worked
93216
EIN
411292617
Establishment ID
77409
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
9:30
Time of incident
10:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
11FEB26:20:20:00

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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.