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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 clean Room Slicing 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
OMAR room
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
6
Days restricted or transferred
16

moving a rack

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

Fracture of Fingers Left Side

Tools Instruments and Equipment Other tools instruments and equipment rack

Fracture of Fingers Left Side Directly harmed by product Rack

Job description
Clean Room Slicing Attendant
SOC code
51-3099 — Food Processing Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311615 — Poultry Processing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
714
Total hours worked
1295005
EIN
344852946
Establishment ID
1145368
Employer case #
FY25-0040
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
7:30
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.