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OSHA Injury Report: empirical foods, inc. - Assembly

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at empirical foods, inc. - Assembly in 390 164th Street, South Sioux City, NE 68776 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machinist Trainee in machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
empirical foods, inc. - Assembly
Parent company
empirical foods, inc.
Street
390 164th Street
City
South Sioux City
State
NE
ZIP
68776
On-site location
Assembly-Machine Shop

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
174

Before the incident

Assisting another employee working on a machine.

What happened

Co-worker started to fall and employee tried to catch them.

Injury or illness

Strain to low back.

Object or substance involved

co-worker

Summary line

Strain to low back from trying to catch another employee from falling to ground.

Employee and industry

Job description
Machinist Trainee
SOC code
51-4041 — Machinists
NAICS code
333517 — Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
51
Total hours worked
128364
EIN
411865943
Establishment ID
810291
Employer case #
1323R4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
24JAN24:20:18:00

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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.