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OSHA Injury Report: Welch's Food Inc. Lawton

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Welch's Food Inc. Lawton in 400 Walker Street, Lawton, MI 49065 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was processing Operator in juices, fruit or vegetable, fresh, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Welch's Food Inc. Lawton
Street
400 Walker Street
City
Lawton
State
MI
ZIP
49065
On-site location
Filter press platform

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Loading filter cell to the filter platform and closing a gate.

What happened

While closing the gate the employee was driving a forklift and crushed the hand between the forklift and the gate of the platform causing the injury

Injury or illness

Laceration and fracture to the right middle finger

Object or substance involved

forklift and platform gate

Summary line

Fracturedand laceration to the right middle finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Processing Operator
SOC code
51-3099 — Food Processing Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311421 — Juices, fruit or vegetable, fresh, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
150
Total hours worked
316421
Establishment ID
991198
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
9:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01MAR24:22:58:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.