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OSHA Injury Report: Butterball Farms, Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Butterball Farms, Inc. in 1435 Buchanan Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49507 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was material Handler in creamery butter manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Butterball Farms, Inc.
Parent company
Butterball Farms Inc.
Street
1435 Buchanan Ave SW
City
Grand Rapids
State
MI
ZIP
49507
On-site location
Shipping Dock

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
8

Before the incident

The employee was examining skids of incoming butter on the shipping dock floor.

What happened

The injured employee was struck by a skid on a pallet jack handled by another employee.

Injury or illness

Lumber back strain.

Object or substance involved

The skid of butter on a pallet jack was the object that directly harmed the employee.

Summary line

Lower left back injury from pallet jack contact.

Employee and industry

Job description
Material Handler
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
311512 — Creamery butter manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
157
Total hours worked
294203
EIN
382492895
Establishment ID
1347864
Employer case #
7

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
22:10
Filing year
2024
Submitted
27FEB2025:03:17:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.