Abilene, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene in Abilene, TX 79602 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in cheese merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene
- Parent company
- Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.
- Street
- 2670 Great Lakes Drive
- City
- Abilene
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 79602
- On-site location
- Pack Hall 2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 26
Before the incident
IE was loading boxes into the Somic on line 2. After loading the boxes the IE turned and started walking to check the HMI.
What happened
IE stepped on an air hose that was strung across the ground being used to clean the Somic on line 1503. When the IE stepped on the air hose he lost his footing landing on the concrete with his left knee.
Injury or illness
Left knee contusion.
Object or substance involved
Concrete floor
Summary line
Left knee contusion
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-3099 — Food Processing Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 424430 — Cheese merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 280
- Total hours worked
- 635965
- Establishment ID
- 932976
- Employer case #
- 6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 13:55
- Time of incident
- 15:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28JAN2025:20:46:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.