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OSHA Injury Report: Great Lakes Cheese

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Great Lakes Cheese in Hiram, OH 44234 resulted in days away from work. Employee was bulk Cheese Handler in cheese merchant wholesalers.

Establishment
Great Lakes Cheese
Parent company
Great Lakes Cheese
Street
17825 Great Lakes Pkwy
City
Hiram
State
OH
ZIP
44234
On-site location
Line 150
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Loading cheese onto production line

Employee reported that repetitively lifting 40 lb blocks of cheese to the production line caused intense pain.

Herniated disc and lumbar root nerve disorder

Cheese blocks

Herniated discs and lumbar nerve root disorder from lifting cheese blocks

Job description
Bulk Cheese Handler
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
424430 — Cheese merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1060
Total hours worked
2166221
EIN
341015620
Establishment ID
1370064
Employer case #
13-25
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20FEB26:19:24:00

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.