Incident on Apr 9, 2020 (fatal): Employee with covid-19 infection dies
An employee was working as a warehouse associate for a snack food manufacturer. He left the facility for personal medical reasons. He was hospitalized for a possible exposure to COVID-19 illness. At 7:30 p.m. on April 9, 2020, he died of complications associated with a COVID-19-related illness. This was an OSHA-covered fatality.
Incident on Jan 12, 2019: Employee incurs avulsion of fingertip when caught by conveyo
At 8:30 p.m. on January 12, 2019, an employee was replacing an overhead conveyor belt and caught his hand between the belt and roller when he reached up. The employee sustained an avulsion to the tip of his ring finger. The employee was hospitalized.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 343731188 OPENED JAN 15, 2019Open
Planned · Partial · Safety · 450 employees at the site · Open
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Jefferson City site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 680 workers: 0.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.7 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Jefferson City site
Jefferson City · 2025
680
5
0
0.7
1.7
Independence site
Independence · 2025
350
3
2
0.8
3.4
Sikeston site
Sikeston · 2024
689
15
3
2.3
4.2
100272 - Unilever
Jefferson City · 2018
11
0
0
0.0
3.9
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 4 reports on file.
Jan 18, 2024, Jefferson City: Hospitalization · fractures · hip(s) and leg(s) n.e.c.
An employee tripped and fell onto a pallet, resulting in fractures to their left femur and pelvis.
Jun 7, 2023, Independence: Hospitalization · fractures · hip(s)
An employee was walking into the breakroom when she collided with a cart and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a hip fracture.
Jan 12, 2019, Jefferson City: Hospitalization · avulsions, enucleations · fingertip(s)
An employee was adjusting an overhead conveyor belt (8 feet in the air) on a scissor lift when her finger became pinched in an in-running nip point, resulting in a fingertip avulsion. The conveyor belt was running at the time.
Jul 18, 2016, Independence: Hospitalization · chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified · multiple body parts, n.e.c.
On or about July 18, 2016, an employee was trying to prime a chemical metering pump. Chemical splashed out of the drum and onto his lips and mouth. The employee was hospitalized for chemical burns.
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Jan 1, 2023 to May 27, 2023
INDEPENDENCE
1
0
$0
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(a) Basic requirement. Each employer required by this part to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses must record each fatality, injury and illness that:
(A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.
(2) General requirements for machine guards. Guards shall be affixed to the machine where possible and secured elsewhere if for any reason attachment to the machine is not possible. The guard shall be such that it does not offer an accident hazard in itself.
Other ice cream and frozen dessert manufacturing employers in Missouri
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
