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OSHA Injury Report: Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc. in 17955 Great Lakes Parkway, Hiram, OH 442E6 resulted in days away from work. Employee was bulk Cheese Handler 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 116 Bulk Area.

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
12

Before the incident

Loading powder into a elevated hopper.

What happened

Employee states that while emptying a powder bag that his elbow struck the top of the powder machine thereafter feeling unbearable pain in his elbow. He stated that he could not lift the powder bag and would like to have it checked out at medical facility.

Injury or illness

Pain in elbow

Object or substance involved

Employee struck elbow on a structural beam.

Summary line

Bulk cheese handler was filling the powder hopper when he hit his left elbow on the hopper resulting in elbow pain.

Employee and industry

Job description
Bulk Cheese Handler
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
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 #
20-23

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
22:00:00.000
Time of incident
23:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
26JAN24:21:37:00

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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.