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OSHA Injury Report: Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.

Injury · Days away from work

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.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
181

Moving 680 cheese blocks

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.

Contusion to the foot and sprain to the knee.

Falling cheese

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.

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
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:30:00.000
Submitted
26JAN24:21:31:00

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.