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OSHA Injury Report: Old Europe Cheese, Inc.

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Old Europe Cheese, Inc. in 1330 E Empire Avenue, Benton Harbor, MI 49022 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was production in curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Old Europe Cheese, Inc.
Parent company
Old Europe Cheese, Inc.
Street
1330 E Empire Avenue
City
Benton Harbor
State
MI
ZIP
49022
On-site location
Maintenance Shop

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Working with Alpma knives in Maintenance shop

What happened

Used knee to provide leverage to position knife added pressure allowed knife to lacerate skin on knee.

Injury or illness

Right knee laceration above knee cap

Object or substance involved

Paring knife

Summary line

Cut above right knee while leveraging paring knife

Employee and industry

Job description
Production
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311513 — Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
47
Total hours worked
142311
EIN
382728152
Establishment ID
282483
Employer case #
6

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:25:00.000
Submitted
12FEB24:15:32:00

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Source

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