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OSHA Injury Report: 1253 West Des Moines

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at 1253 West Des Moines in 6515 Mills Civic Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA 50266 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was operations Area Supervisor in department Stores.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
1253 West Des Moines
Parent company
Kohls Department Stores
Street
6515 Mills Civic Pkwy
City
West Des Moines
State
IA
ZIP
50266
On-site location
StockroomDock

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Truck Unload Load

What happened

I was bent over putting a tote underneath our table in front of the compactor. I wasn 't aware that the compactor door was slowly swinging open above me. When I went to stand up I hit the top of my head on the underside of the metal door.

Injury or illness

Contusion - Head - Multiple Head Injury

Object or substance involved

Compactor Baler

Summary line

I was bent over putting a tote underneath our table in front of the compactor. I wasn 't aware that the compactor door was slowly swinging open above me. When I went to stand up I hit the top of my head on the underside of the metal door.

Employee and industry

Job description
Operations Area Supervisor
SOC code
11-1021 — General and Operations Managers
NAICS code
452210 — Department Stores
NAICS vintage
2017
Avg employees
74
Total hours worked
77853
EIN
133357362
Establishment ID
1111330
Employer case #
K-23-07568

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
0:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
20FEB24:17:17:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.