VAN WERT, OH ·
OSHA Injury Report: VW Cooked Meats Plant
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at VW Cooked Meats Plant in 6793 US RT 127 N, VAN WERT, OH 45891 resulted in days away from work. Employee was clean Room Slicing Attendant 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
- OMAR room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 6
- Days restricted or transferred
- 16
Before the incident
moving a rack
What happened
Struck by I was on the unload side of the IR oven and went to move the rack and my left thumb got caught between two racks
Injury or illness
Fracture of Fingers Left Side
Object or substance involved
Tools Instruments and Equipment Other tools instruments and equipment rack
Summary line
Fracture of Fingers Left Side Directly harmed by product Rack
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Clean Room Slicing Attendant
- SOC code
- 51-3099: Food Processing Workers, All Other
- 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 #
- FY25-0040
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 07:30
- 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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