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OSHA Injury Report: Great Lakes Cheese of New York, Inc.

Respiratory condition · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , a respiratory condition at Great Lakes Cheese of New York, Inc. in 23 Phelps St., Adams, NY 13605 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Manager in cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Great Lakes Cheese of New York, Inc.
Street
23 Phelps St.
City
Adams
State
NY
ZIP
13605
On-site location
2nd Floor Vacuum Pump Room

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Respiratory condition (code 3)

Before the incident

Employee was attempting to locate source of smoke reported from production

What happened

A vacuum pump overheated and caused a small fire that the employee extinguished by discharging a fire extinguisher

Injury or illness

Respiratory Distress Difficulty breathing.

Object or substance involved

Smoke and ABC Fire Extinguisher media

Summary line

Difficulty breathign from smoke inhalation fire extinguisher discharge

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance Manager
SOC code
11-3051 — Industrial Production Managers
NAICS code
311513 — Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
137
Total hours worked
289044
Establishment ID
1075845
Employer case #
5

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:30:00.000
Time of incident
17:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
29JAN24:17:19:00

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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.