Sparta, MI —
OSHA Injury Report: Great Lakes Division Plant 1
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Great Lakes Division Plant 1 in Sparta, MI 49345 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator Secondary GL in 331523 Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundries.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Great Lakes Division Plant 1
- Parent company
- CASCADE DIE CASTING GROUP INC
- Street
- 9983 Sparta Avenue
- City
- Sparta
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 49345
- On-site location
- Secondary Operations
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 80
Before the incident
This issue has developed over time and cannot be determined to a single action. Prior to reporting to Human Resources the employee had not started his shift but felt soreness in his thumb.
What happened
Ergonomics related. Employee had been utilizing the same muscles and has not been rotated throughout positions that would work different muscles. Felt overworked in the base of his left thumb and was feeling very sore.
Injury or illness
Sore thumb
Object or substance involved
Overworking of the same left hand muscle.
Summary line
Sore Thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator Secondary GL
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 331523 — 331523 Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundries
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 145
- Total hours worked
- 179632
- EIN
- 382628089
- Establishment ID
- 1404890
- Employer case #
- 711892
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 10MAR2025:19:47:00
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.