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OSHA Injury Report: Southwest Cheese Co LLC

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Southwest Cheese Co LLC in Clovis, NM 88101 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cheese Floating Relief Operator in cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing.

Establishment
Southwest Cheese Co LLC
Parent company
Glanbia Nutritionals
Street
1141 Curry Rd 4
City
Clovis
State
NM
ZIP
88101
On-site location
640 Strapper side B
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
79
Days restricted or transferred
14

Operator was moving 640 blocks to get ready to strap

About to strap a box and another operator pressed the lever to lower the press and left thumb got pressed between the press and box lid.

Displaced fracture of distal Phalanx of left thumb 1st tuft. soft tissue injury to thumb

640 Box Press

displaced fracture of distal phalanx of left thumb 1st tuft soft tissue injury from caught in press

Job description
Cheese Floating Relief Operator
SOC code
51-9012 — Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Mac
NAICS code
311513 — Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
450
Total hours worked
871539
EIN
651210718
Establishment ID
1272672
Employer case #
11203
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00
Time of incident
0:20
Filing year
2025
Submitted
29JAN26:23:48:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.