VAN WERT, OH ·
OSHA Injury Report: VW Cooked Meats Plant
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at VW Cooked Meats Plant in 6793 US RT 127 N, VAN WERT, OH 45891 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was raw Production Team Leader in poultry Processing.
Where did this happen?
- 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
- Pan 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
pilling racks
What happened
Ergonomics I was shoving the inedible and I probably made a sudden movement with my back while lifting the shovel with meat on it
Injury or illness
Sprain Strain of Lower Back Area
Object or substance involved
Tools Instruments and Equipment Handtools nonpowered
Summary line
Sprain Strain of Lower Back Area Directly harmed by lifting
Employee and industry
- 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
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 714
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,295,005
- EIN
- 344852946
- Establishment ID
- 1145368
- Employer case #
- FY25-0030
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 09:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-12
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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