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OSHA Injury Report: Cheese Merchants of America

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Cheese Merchants of America in Bartlett, IL 60103 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was forklift driver 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
West Chicago Shipping Dock
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
17

box fell from pallet on forklift employee was operating falling onto left foot causing swelling and contusion

box fell from pallet on forklift employee was operating falling onto left foot causing swelling and contusion

box fell from pallet on forklift employee was operating falling onto left foot causing swelling and contusion

Box of product ready to ship

box fell from pallet onto left foot causing swelling and contusion

Job description
Forklift driver
SOC code
53-7051 — Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
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 #
16
Date of incident
Shift started
5:30
Time of incident
8:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
05FEB2025:21:51:00

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.