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OSHA Injury Report: Butterball Farms, Inc.

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Butterball Farms, Inc. in 1435 Buchanan Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49507 resulted in days away from work. Employee was shipping Clerk 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
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
77
Days restricted or transferred
32

Before the incident

The employee was operating a forklift (Hilo) to load a scrap truck with recycled plastic materials.

What happened

While the employee was loading a scrap truck with plastic materials he dismounted the forklift and slipped on the plastic material on the ground.

Injury or illness

Vertebral compression fracture.

Object or substance involved

The plastic material on the floor caused direct harm to the employee.

Summary line

Back and neck compression fracture from slip and fall.

Employee and industry

Job description
Shipping Clerk
SOC code
43-5071 — Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
NAICS code
311512 — Creamery butter manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
157
Total hours worked
294203
EIN
382492895
Establishment ID
1347864
Employer case #
9

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
10:15
Filing year
2024
Submitted
27FEB2025:03:58:00

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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.