Whitehall, WI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Whitehall East
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Whitehall East in 17201 Specialty Way, Whitehall, WI 54773 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in processed cheeses manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Whitehall East
- Parent company
- Ornua Ingredients North America
- Street
- 17201 Specialty Way
- City
- Whitehall
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54773
- On-site location
- SOS cook room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 47
Before the incident
Inspecting the equipment prior to setup.
What happened
Inspecting equipment prior to setup noticed water in the pipe after the MD but before the magnet inserted fingers in the pipe and the valve actuated slicing the tips of the middle and ring fingers off of the right hand
Injury or illness
Amputation to the tips of the middle and ring fingers off of the right hand.
Object or substance involved
The metal detector valve.
Summary line
Amputation to ring and middle right hand finger tips from inline metal detector.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 311513: Processed cheeses manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 170
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 539,816
- EIN
- 391776266
- Establishment ID
- 1026388
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 05:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-08
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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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