Sparta, MI —
OSHA Injury Report: Old Orchard Brands
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Old Orchard Brands in Sparta, MI 49345 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator Filler I in beverages, fruit and vegetable juice, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Old Orchard Brands
- Parent company
- Lassonde Pappas & Company
- Street
- 1991 12 Mile Road
- City
- Sparta
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 49345
- On-site location
- MI Blending
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
[REDACTED] was covering in the blendroom. It may have occured while lifting empty drums in the compactor or while leaning the totes to rinse it them. Employee is unsure of the exact cause.
What happened
On [REDACTED] Employee was assigned to help in the blend room due to being short staffed. Around [REDACTED] the employee started to feel some discomfort around his armpit area while maneuvering some empty bins employee didn 't think nothing of it at the time but as time progressed the discomfort worsened. Employee reported it to management [REDACTED] when they arrived at work.
Injury or illness
Strain
Object or substance involved
Either empty drums or totes while rinsing
Summary line
Strain to Right Chest Ribs caused by Either empty drums or totes while rinsing
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator Filler I
- SOC code
- 51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 311421 — Beverages, fruit and vegetable juice, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 95
- Total hours worked
- 224477
- EIN
- 210648161
- Establishment ID
- 1140606
- Employer case #
- IN-202503
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 12:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:01:17:00
Source
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.