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OSHA Injury Report: BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom in Appleton, WI, WI 54913 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mechanic in cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing.

Establishment
BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom
Parent company
BelGioioso Cheese
Street
N4056 Vine Road
City
Appleton, WI
State
WI
ZIP
54913
On-site location
North Addition Line 5 VC999
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was working on the forming side lift die locks.

The lift system was activated by a sensor he was working on. This caused the lift to drop cutting his right hand.

Laceration - Right Hand

Lift System

Fracture - Laceration Right Hand; UPR EXTREMITIES hand - nec.

Job description
Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
311513 — Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
194
Total hours worked
409215
EIN
391324847
Establishment ID
1049753
Employer case #
W00428158
Date of incident
Shift started
21:30
Time of incident
3:45
Filing year
2024
Submitted
07FEB2025:16:11:00

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.