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OSHA Injury Report: empirical foods, inc. - Lexington

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at empirical foods, inc. - Lexington in Hwy 283 & Prospect Road, Lexington, NE 68850 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production B in processed meats manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
empirical foods, inc. - Lexington
Parent company
empirical foods, inc.
Street
Hwy 283 & Prospect Road
City
Lexington
State
NE
ZIP
68850
On-site location
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What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Picking out bones and product.

What happened

Trying to unjam a stuck bone in the chute and felt pain.

Injury or illness

Tendonitis to right forearm.

Object or substance involved

Product bones

Summary line

Strain to right forearm right wrist from picking up product.

Employee and industry

Job description
Production B
SOC code
51-302 — Butchers and Meat Cutters
NAICS code
311612 — Processed meats manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
32
Total hours worked
58939
EIN
411865943
Establishment ID
810258
Employer case #
423R4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
14:55:00.000
Time of incident
19:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
24JAN24:21:33:00

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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.