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OSHA Injury Report: VW Cooked Meats Plant

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at VW Cooked Meats Plant in VAN WERT, OH 45891 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was slicing Team Leader 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
CRS line 7
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
60

Preparing line 7 for teardown removing films to lower the temperature of the forming and sealing heads

I was moving the in feeder belt on line 7 and slipped and fell on my back hitting my head back and waist

Pain and Soreness of Buttocks Lower Back Area Soft Tissue Head Face Upper Back Area

Tools Instruments and Equipment Other tools instruments and equipment

Pain and Soreness of Buttocks Lower Back Area Soft Tissue Head Face Upper Back Area Directly harmed by concrete floor

Job description
Slicing Team Leader
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
311615 — Poultry Processing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
714
Total hours worked
1295005
EIN
344852946
Establishment ID
1145368
Employer case #
FY25-0022
Date of incident
Shift started
14:06
Time of incident
21:20
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.