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OSHA Injury Report: Baxters North America

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Baxters North America in 672 Murlark Ave, Salem, OR 97304 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was general Labor in nationality specialty foods canning.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Baxters North America
Parent company
Baxters NA
Street
672 Murlark Ave
City
Salem
State
OR
ZIP
97304
On-site location
Pet Food Carton and Case

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
21

Before the incident

Employee was manually wrapping pallets.

What happened

Employee started to feel pain in their back after manually wrapping pallets for most of the day. Pain increased after they returned home.

Injury or illness

Lumbar strain.

Object or substance involved

Poor ergonomics.

Summary line

Lower back pain from manually wrapping pallets.

Employee and industry

Job description
General Labor
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
311422 — Nationality specialty foods canning
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
280
Total hours worked
529655
Establishment ID
1064178
Employer case #
6

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
22JAN24:19:20:00

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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.