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OSHA Injury Report: VW Cooked Meats Plant

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at VW Cooked Meats Plant in VAN WERT, OH 45891 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was raw Production Team Leader in poultry Processing.

Establishment
VW Cooked Meats Plant
Parent company
Cooper Farms
Street
6793 US RT 127 N
City
VAN WERT
State
OH
ZIP
45891
On-site location
Injection room 2
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
30

setting up the saddle tank

Caught in on between team member was setting up the saddle and when he went to put the seal on the pump the pump then pinched his finger

Laceration of Fingers Hand Left Side

Machinery Special process machinery pump

Laceration of Fingers Hand Left Side pump

Job description
Raw Production Team Leader
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
311615 — Poultry Processing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
714
Total hours worked
1295005
EIN
344852946
Establishment ID
1145368
Employer case #
FY25-0009
Date of incident
Shift started
5:45
Time of incident
6:38
Filing year
2025
Submitted
12FEB26:14:03:00

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.