VAN WERT, OH ·
OSHA Injury Report: VW Cooked Meats Plant
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at VW Cooked Meats Plant in 6793 US RT 127 N, VAN WERT, OH 45891 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator 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
- CRS line 6
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 97
Before the incident
changing film
What happened
When putting on the bottom film the cart slipped and i had to hold the bottom film for a few seconds
Injury or illness
Sprain Strain of Lower Back Area Left Side
Object or substance involved
Parts and Materials Other parts and materials roll of film
Summary line
Sprain Strain of Lower Back Area Left Side Directly harmed by Parts and Materials Other parts and materials roll of film
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- 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 #
- FY25-0068
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:08
- Time of incident
- 16:35
- 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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