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OSHA Injury Report: Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene in 2670 Great Lakes Drive, Abilene, TX 79602 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was bulk Cheese Handler in cheese merchant wholesalers.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene
Parent company
Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.
Street
2670 Great Lakes Drive
City
Abilene
State
TX
ZIP
79602
On-site location
Pack Hall 2

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Before the incident

The employee was picking up 25lb boxes from a pallet and setting them on a table to rework.

What happened

When picking up boxes the employee felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

Injury or illness

Lower back muscle strain.

Object or substance involved

25lb box of cheese.

Summary line

Lower back strain

Employee and industry

Job description
Bulk Cheese Handler
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
424430 — Cheese merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
280
Total hours worked
635965
Establishment ID
932976
Employer case #
4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
12:50
Filing year
2024
Submitted
28JAN2025:20:21:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.