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OSHA Injury Report: Cedar Falls - Main Store

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Cedar Falls - Main Store in 6301 University Ave, Cedar Falls, IA 50613 resulted in days away from work. Employee was ndAsstManager in supermarkets and Other Grocery except Convenience Stores.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Cedar Falls - Main Store
Parent company
HY-VEE, INC.
Street
6301 University Ave
City
Cedar Falls
State
IA
ZIP
50613
On-site location
Backroom loading dock inside rental trailer

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
16
Days restricted or transferred
65

Before the incident

Employee was standing on top of a milk crate to reach the lights hanging overhead in the trailer. He was cutting the tape used to hang the lights with the blade only from the box cutter.

What happened

Employee was reaching overhead to cut the tape around the light string that was hanging. As he stepped down from the crate he was still cutting and cut his right wrist and right forearm. [REDACTED] does not recall exactly how it happened. He stepped out the other trailer to page code blue to the backroom. [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] responded and assisted. [REDACTED] paged code blue again from the backroom phone hoping for another manager. When no other manager was available [REDACTED] went to the customer service counter upfront. [REDACTED] the front end manager called [REDACTED].

Injury or illness

INJURY TYPE: Laceration || BODY PARTS AFFECTED: Lower Arm

Object or substance involved

Box cutter blade only

Summary line

Right wristhand- tendon laceration- from box cutter blade while hanging lightscutting tape

Employee and industry

Job description
ndAsstManager
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
445110 — Supermarkets and Other Grocery except Convenience Stores
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
338
Total hours worked
375721
EIN
420325638
Establishment ID
1028239
Employer case #
2025-3

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
14:00
Time of incident
18:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:18:36:00

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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.