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OSHA Injury Report: FAREWAY STORES, INC. 137 POLK CITY

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at FAREWAY STORES, INC. 137 POLK CITY in 1101 S. 5th St., Polk City, IA 50226 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was market Clerk in grocery stores.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
FAREWAY STORES, INC. 137 POLK CITY
Parent company
FAREWAY STORES, INC.
Street
1101 S. 5th St.
City
Polk City
State
IA
ZIP
50226
On-site location
Market Prep area

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Gathering knives to clean

What happened

dropped knife and tried to catch it resulting in cut to middle finger

Injury or illness

Left middle finger laceration

Object or substance involved

knife

Summary line

Left middle finger laceration from falling knife

Employee and industry

Job description
Market Clerk
SOC code
53-7065 — Stockers and Order Fillers
NAICS code
445110 — Grocery stores
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
97
Total hours worked
76895
EIN
420240920
Establishment ID
680673
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
19:45:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
05JAN24:15:05:00

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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.