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OSHA Injury Report: Cheese Merchants of America

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Cheese Merchants of America in Bartlett, IL 60103 resulted in days away from work. Employee was general labor in cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing.

Establishment
Cheese Merchants of America
Parent company
Cheese Merchants of America
Street
1301 Schiferl Road
City
Bartlett
State
IL
ZIP
60103
On-site location
Bartlett Fresh Production Line 9
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
48

Employee was lifting cheese blocks on to a conveyor built to be shredded

Employee was lifting cheese blocks on to a conveyor built to be shredded and experienced pain in left hand

Strain sprain of left wrist

Cheese blocks being lifted

Left wrist pain from lifting

Job description
General labor
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
311513 — Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
445
Total hours worked
1082744
EIN
364211668
Establishment ID
977427
Employer case #
9
Date of incident
Shift started
4:50
Time of incident
16:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
05FEB2025:21:14:00

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.