Grand Rapids, MI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Butterball Farms Inc.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Butterball Farms Inc. in 1435 Buchanan Ave. SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49507 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was opener in food, butter manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Butterball Farms Inc.
- Parent company
- Butterball Farms Inc.
- Street
- 1435 Buchanan Ave. SW
- City
- Grand Rapids
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 49507
- On-site location
- Tempering Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 72
Before the incident
opening butter for the day
What happened
picked up a block of butter off the pallet buddy and felt a sharp pain in his lower left back
Injury or illness
lower left back strain
Object or substance involved
blocks of butter
Summary line
Picked up a block of butter felt a sharp pain resulted in lower back strain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Opener
- SOC code
- 51-9111: Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 311512: food, butter manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 156
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 296,030
- EIN
- 382492895
- Establishment ID
- 1496248
- Employer case #
- 20251
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 09:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-27
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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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