2,042,423Injury reports 130,778Establishments Most recent incident 2025-12-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

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 blender Operator 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
Injection room 2
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
30

spraying the saddle tank

Caught in The team member was lifting up on the filter of the saddle tank and lost her grip The filter then came down and pinched her finger

Pain and Soreness of Fingers Right Side

Machinery Special process machinery saddle tank

Pain and Soreness of Fingers Right Side Directly harmed by Machinery saddle tank

Job description
Blender Operator
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 #
FY25-0070
Date of incident
Shift started
14:15
Time of incident
16:15
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.