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OSHA Injury Report: Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc. in 17955 Great Lakes Parkway, Hiram, OH 442E6 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance ech in dairy products (except canned, dried) merchant wholesalers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.
Parent company
Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.
Street
17955 Great Lakes Parkway
City
Hiram
State
OH
ZIP
442E6
On-site location
line 142 schiwa

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Servicing a schiwa removing stuck paper.

What happened

Tech was cleaning out and checking the paper wedge on [REDACTED] schiwa when the feeler gauge got stuck the tech was trying to pull it out. When the gauge was freed the tech 's hand jerked back and hit the cutting edge of the blade causing a laceration to the left thumb.

Injury or illness

Laceration to left thumb

Object or substance involved

schiwa blade

Summary line

Tech was cleaning out and checking the paper wedge on [REDACTED] schiwa when the feeler gauge got stuck the tech was trying to pull it out. When the guage was freed the tech 's hand jerked back and hit the cutting edge causing a laceration to left thumb..

Employee and industry

Job description
maintenance ech
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
424430 — Dairy products (except canned, dried) merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
984
Total hours worked
1992325
EIN
341015620
Establishment ID
1069681
Employer case #
23-Oct

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:00:00.000
Time of incident
2:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
26JAN24:00:07:00

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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.