Hiram, OH —
OSHA Injury Report: Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc. in Hiram, OH 442E6 resulted in days away from work. Employee was bulk Cheese Handler in dairy products (except canned, dried) merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.
- Parent company
- Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.
- Street
- 17955 Great Lakes Parkway
- City
- Hiram
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 442E6
- On-site location
- Line 146 bulk area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 181
Before the incident
Moving 680 cheese blocks
What happened
Employee was using a hoist to move a 680 block of cheese towards the [REDACTED]. The cheese block broke (Cheese defect in forming; undetectable from outside of block) and fell onto the employee 's right foot causing a contusion to the foot and sprain to right knee from employee pulling leg to get it out from under the large portion of cheese.
Injury or illness
Contusion to the foot and sprain to the knee.
Object or substance involved
Falling cheese
Summary line
Bulk cheese handler was moving a block of cheese while a hoist toward the [REDACTED]. The cheese block broke and a portion fell onto the employee 's right foot causing a contusion to his foot and a sprain to his right knee.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Bulk Cheese Handler
- SOC code
- 53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 424430 — Dairy products (except canned, dried) merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 984
- Total hours worked
- 1992325
- EIN
- 341015620
- Establishment ID
- 1069681
- Employer case #
- 19-23
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 10:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 26JAN24:21:31:00
Source
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.