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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
Pasteurizer
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was working on the whey pasturizer rods.

He pinched his finger between the plate and the wrench causing a fracture to his right ring finger.

Fracture - Right Hand (Ring Finger)

Mixer Plate

Fracture Right Ring Finger; UPR EXTREMITIES fingernail - r ring

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 #
W00424798
Date of incident
Shift started
9:30
Time of incident
11:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
07FEB2025:16:19:00

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.