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OSHA Injury Report: VW Cooked Meats Plant

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at VW Cooked Meats Plant in VAN WERT, OH 45891 resulted in days away from work. Employee was packaging Attendant 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
Code dater
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2
Days restricted or transferred
7

Sorting products coming down the conveyor

[REDACTED] was working on the code dater and could not keep up she used her arm to hold birds back as she was sorting and now feels pain in her shoulder

Pain and Soreness of Shoulders Left Side

Parts and Materials Parts and materials unspecified

Pain and Soreness of Shoulders Left Side Directly harmed by overuse

Job description
Packaging Attendant
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311615 — Poultry Processing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
714
Total hours worked
1295005
EIN
344852946
Establishment ID
1145368
Employer case #
FY25-0056
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
10:00
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.