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OSHA Injury Report: Welch's Food Inc. Lawton

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Welch's Food Inc. Lawton in Lawton, MI 49065 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was processing Operator in juices, fruit or vegetable, fresh, manufacturing.

Establishment
Welch's Food Inc. Lawton
Street
400 Walker Street
City
Lawton
State
MI
ZIP
49065
On-site location
Filter press platform
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Loading filter cell to the filter platform and closing a gate.

While closing the gate the employee was driving a forklift and crushed the hand between the forklift and the gate of the platform causing the injury

Laceration and fracture to the right middle finger

forklift and platform gate

Fracturedand laceration to the right middle finger

Job description
Processing Operator
SOC code
51-3099 — Food Processing Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311421 — Juices, fruit or vegetable, fresh, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
150
Total hours worked
316421
Establishment ID
991198
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
9:30:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:22:58:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.