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OSHA Injury Report: West Liberty Foods, LLC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at West Liberty Foods, LLC in 207 W 2nd St, West Liberty, IA 52776 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operations in poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
West Liberty Foods, LLC
Parent company
West Liberty Foods
Street
207 W 2nd St
City
West Liberty
State
IA
ZIP
52776
On-site location
Plant - Raw Mens Locker Room

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
31

Before the incident

In the locker room getting ready for work

What happened

He had just finished using the restroom and when he came out he bumped into another team member that had his knives in the scabboard and the tips of the knives were sticking out of the bottome of the scabboard and one cut his left inside elbow area.

Injury or illness

Puncture Laceration

Object or substance involved

Knife

Summary line

Bumped into another team member that had knifes sticking out the end of the scabboard and the knives cut his arm

Employee and industry

Job description
Operations
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311615 — Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
871
Total hours worked
2062012
EIN
200793410
Establishment ID
691293
Employer case #
15

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:25:00.000
Time of incident
7:50:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
29JAN24:16:47:00

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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.