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OSHA Injury Report: Ventura Foods

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Ventura Foods in 919 E. 14th St., Albert Lea, MN 56007 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was line worker in grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Ventura Foods
Parent company
Ventura Foods, LLC
Street
919 E. 14th St.
City
Albert Lea
State
MN
ZIP
56007
On-site location
Stack off

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
84

Before the incident

Fixing pallet that was damaged from inbound.

What happened

[REDACTED] was helping fix a pallet that came in damaged on an inbound. Her shoestring got caught on a nail sticking out on a pallet and tripped her. She fell to the floor and banged her knee. She reported it to supervisor. I checked her out and there was a red mark on her knee with minor swelling. I gave her an icepack and had her sit in chair and rest. I then notified [REDACTED]. Plant manager and safety manager were gone for the weekend.

Injury or illness

Bruise to right knee

Object or substance involved

Wooden pallet

Summary line

[REDACTED] to right knee

Employee and industry

Job description
Line worker
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311225 — Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
203
Total hours worked
364846
Establishment ID
1125577
Employer case #
IN-2023090

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
14:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:40:00.000
Submitted
15FEB24:15:13:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.