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OSHA Injury Report: Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene in Abilene, TX 79602 resulted in days away from work. Employee was bulk Cheese Handler in cheese merchant wholesalers.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2
Days restricted or transferred
54

Setting a pallet of 40-pound blocks of cheese on line 6 spring table using an electric pallet [REDACTED].

The IE noticed a slight lean in the pallet and decided to run into it with his right shoulder in an attempt to straighten it out.

Right shoulder sprain.

Pallet of cheese.

Right shoulder sprain

Job description
Bulk Cheese Handler
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
424430 — Cheese merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
280
Total hours worked
635965
Establishment ID
932976
Employer case #
11
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00
Time of incident
19:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
28JAN2025:21:28:00

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.