Wausau, WI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Great Lakes Cheese of Wausau, Wisconsin, Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Great Lakes Cheese of Wausau, Wisconsin, Inc. in 9912 Innovation Way, Wausau, WI 54401 resulted in days away from work. Employee was bulk Cheese Cutter in cheese merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Great Lakes Cheese of Wausau, Wisconsin, Inc.
- Parent company
- Great Lakes Cheese, Inc.
- Street
- 9912 Innovation Way
- City
- Wausau
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54401
- On-site location
- Tawi Lift in Primary Packaging
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 6
Before the incident
Transferring cheese from cart to production line with Tawi [REDACTED]
What happened
Tawi vacuum lift lost suction and released from cheese. Moved in upward motion and struck the employee above right eye.
Injury or illness
fractured left orbital bone
Object or substance involved
Tawi vacuum lift
Summary line
Fracture to left orbital bone when vacuum lift released from cheese it was lifting.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Bulk Cheese Cutter
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 424430: Cheese merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 453
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 948,202
- Establishment ID
- 843534
- Employer case #
- 1900-9
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 06:50
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-03-01
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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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