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 2670 Great Lakes Drive, 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 3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
After completing the weekly wash the IE was in the process of moving the top lid to the Urschel shred head housing back into place.
What happened
The IE 's hand slipped and contacted an area that had become sharp on the edge of the lid.
Injury or illness
The IE received a laceration under the ring finger on his left hand that required 3 stitches.
Object or substance involved
Stainless steel Ursched lid
Summary line
Right ring finger laceration
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
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 280
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 635,965
- Establishment ID
- 932976
- Employer case #
- 8
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 22:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-28
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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