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 blender 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
- Injection room 2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 30
Before the incident
spraying the saddle tank
What happened
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
Injury or illness
Pain and Soreness of Fingers Right Side
Object or substance involved
Machinery Special process machinery saddle tank
Summary line
Pain and Soreness of Fingers Right Side Directly harmed by Machinery saddle tank
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Blender 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 #
- FY25-0070
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:15
- Time of incident
- 16:15
- 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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