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OSHA Injury Report: Lopez Foods Inc.

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Lopez Foods Inc. in 1300 S Lake Street, Cherokee, IA 51012 resulted in days away from work. Employee was sanitor in processed meats manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Lopez Foods Inc.
Parent company
Lopez Foods Inc.
Street
1300 S Lake Street
City
Cherokee
State
IA
ZIP
51012
On-site location
Raw Deli Production

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1
Days restricted or transferred
53

Before the incident

Sanitizing the production floor

What happened

Tripped over air hose

Injury or illness

Right Shoulder Strain

Object or substance involved

Trip and landing on concrete floor

Summary line

While removing belts from machine hit left elbow causing lateral epicondylitis

Employee and industry

Job description
Sanitor
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311612 — Processed meats manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
55
Total hours worked
88835
EIN
731348891
Establishment ID
1144801
Employer case #
202300005

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
22:49:00.000
Time of incident
1:55:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
21FEB24:18:41:00

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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.