OSHA Injury Report: Mullins Cheese Knowlton

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was straightening out film on the sealer and he had bypassed the safety device resulting in fingers being pinched in the sealer.

What happened

Employee decided to bypass the safety sensor on the bagging machine to make the process faster and opened up the sealer and got fingers pinched in the sealer internal safety sensor functioned correctly stopping the machine from unauthorized blockage.

Injury or illness

Fingers from both hands being pinched in the sealer

Object or substance involved

300 North cheese tower room bag roller sealer being bypassed by the operator. *Employee was under the influence of THC and proper disciplinary action was taken*

Summary line

Smashed fingers from sealer employee had stuck fingers in sealer that he bypassed

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

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.