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OSHA Injury Report: Great Lakes Cheese

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Great Lakes Cheese in 17825 Great Lakes Pkwy, Hiram, OH 44234 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Tech in cheese merchant wholesalers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Great Lakes Cheese
Parent company
Great Lakes Cheese
Street
17825 Great Lakes Pkwy
City
Hiram
State
OH
ZIP
44234
On-site location
Line 113

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
80

Before the incident

Bent down to their knee to pick up a bolt they had dropped

What happened

While picking up the bolt their bent leg came in contact with metal plates causing the plates to fall over the back of the employees lower leg twisting their right knee and ankle from the weight.

Injury or illness

Right knee and ankle strain

Object or substance involved

Metal plates

Summary line

Strain of right knee and ankle from being struck by falling metal plates

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance Tech
SOC code
49-9071 — Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
NAICS code
424430 — Cheese merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1060
Total hours worked
2166221
EIN
341015620
Establishment ID
1370064
Employer case #
22-25

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:00
Time of incident
1:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20FEB26:20:12:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.